500 
DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Class XTV. 
8213hirsuta W. hairy A or 
8214 crispata W. en. curled-leaved ^ or 
8215 cretica L. Candian ts. | cu 
8216 fce'tida IV. stinking :k A un 
1253. BYSTROPO'GON. JV. Bystropogon. 
woolly-fiower'd*t. | j or 
entire-leaved iO- i | or 
Canary «i. i | or 
cluster-flower'dts- 1 
8217 plumosus IV. 
8218 origanifolius W. 
8219 canariensis JV. 
8220 punctatus JV. 
1254. MEN'THA. JV. 
8221 Auricularia ^f. 
8222 laivigata JV. en. 
8223 rotundifolia JV. 
(3 variegdta 
8224 grat'issima fl^. 
8225 pubescens JV. en. 
8226 pyramidalis Tenore. pyramidal 
8227 v'lridis JV. 
8228 incana JV. en. 
8229 piperita JV. 
8230glabrata JV. 
8231 cnspa JV. 
8232 crispata JV. en. 
8233 undulata JV. cn. 
8234odorata Stnith. 
M. citrdta W. 
8235 balsamea JV. en. 
8236 niliaca JV 
8237 nemorosa JV. en. 
8238 sylvestris JV. 
8239 macrostachya Ten. Ion 
M. rotundifolia W. en. 
8240 lavandulacea JV. en. Lavender-lvd, 
li jn.jl Y 
li jn.s Y 
lijn.s \V 
1 jn.n Y 
Lahiatce. Sp. 
li jn.jl Pa.pu 
li jl.au Pa.pu 
i| jn.au Pa.pu 
1| jl.s Pa.pu 
Lahiatce. Sp. 
8241 rubra H. K. 
8242 acutifolia H. K. 
8243 borealis Mich. 
8244hirsuta H. K. 
8245 capensis JV. 
8246 austriaca JV. en. 
8247 sativa IV. 
8248 h'lrta J\'. en. 
8249 gracilis H. K. 
8250 arvensis H. K. 
(iprce'co.v S. M. 
8251 gentilis H. K. 
8252 canadensis JV. 
82,53 dentata JF. en. 
8254 Pulegium JV. 
8255 cervina JV. 
8219 
common-red 
sharp-leaved 
northern 
hairy- water 
tall-red 
shaggy 
narrow-leaved 
corn 
early-flowering ^ 
bushy-red 
Canadian 
toothed 
Pennyroyal 
Hyssop-leaved ^ A or 
S. Europe 1731. 
Gibraltar 1816. 
Candia lS-23. 
Spain 1822. 
4—7. 
Canaries 1779. 
Canaries 1815. 
Canaries 1714. 
Madeira 1775. 
35—43. 
E. Indies 1796. 
England moi.pl. 
Germany 1799. 
Naples' 1824. 
Britain mar. 
1790. 
England wat.pl. 
Egypt 1802. 
Siberia 1640. 
1807. 
1816. 
England wat.pl. 
Italy 1804. 
Egypt 1796. 
Britain 
Britain wat.pl. 
S. Europe ... 
Spain 1823. 
Britain wat.pl. 
Britain wat.pl. 
N. Amer. 1824. 
Britain wat.pl. 
C. G. H. 1816. 
Germany 1809. 
England 
Britain wat.pl. 
Britain corn fi. 
Britain 
Britain pools. 
N. Amer. 1801. 
Germany 1816. 
Britain wet co. 
France 1648. 
8229 
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Cav. ic. 4. t. £02 
L'her. sert. n. 4 
L'her. sert. n. 5 
Com.hort. 2. t.65 
L'her. sert. n 7 
Rum.amb.6.t.l6 
Eng. bot. 446 
Eng. bot. 2424 
Eng. bot. 687 
Eng. bot. 1025 
Joic. hort. 3. t. 87 
Fl. dan. t. 484 
Eng. bot. 686 
Eng. bot. 1413 
Eng. bot. 2415 
Eng. bot. 447 
Eng. bot. 448 
Eng. bot. 449 
Eng. bot. 2119 
Sole's Mints,c.ic 
Eng. bot. 2118 
Eng. bot. 1026 
Mor.his.3. t.7.f.7 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
wounds by sword. The plants of the moderns do not possess any such proi»crties. Their flowers, however, 
have frequently a ferruginous color. 
1253. Bystropogon. A name elegantly contrived by L'Heritier, from ^vcu, to close, and ■si'uyojv, a beard, in 
allusion to the throat of the corolla being closed by hairs. 
1254. Mentha. M;v3-ci or /t^ivS'/i, in old Greek. The poets feign that Mintha was a daughter of Cocytus, 
transformed into the plant which bears her name ; an allegorical description of the terrible effects ascribed 
to their plant by the ancients. M. viridis not being so hot to the taste as peppermint, and having a more 
agreeable flavor than most of the others, is generally preferred for culinary and some medicinal purposes. The 
leaves or tops are used in spring salads, and eaten dried as sauce with lamb and in soups. 
The medical preparations of spearmint are more pleasant than those of peppermint, but perhaps less 
efficacious. This herb, as do the other sorts, contains much essential oil, but of an odor less agreeable than 
that of lavender or marjoram : it is therefore less employed as a cephalic ; but it acts very powerfully on parts 
to which it is immediately applied, and therefore considerably on the stomach. It acts especially as an anti- 
spasmodic, and therefore relieves pains and cholic arising from spasm. It will also stop vomiting dependent 
on the same cause ; but if it arise from an inflammatory irritation in the stomach itself, or in other parts of 
the body, it aggravates the disease. The infusion of mint in warm water agrees better with the stomach than 
the distilled water. The officinal preparations are an essential oil, a conserve, a simple water, and a spirit. 
The conserve is very grateful, and the distilled waters both simple and spirituous, are generally thought 
pleasant. 
