MENTHA. 
4. M. longifdlia (Huds.) ; /. subsessile ovate or lanceolate ser- 
rate silky beneath, spikes linear-cylindrical dense, bracts sub- 
tdate, " fr.-cal. contracted at the mouth," cor. hairy. — E. B. 686. 
Sole 1 & 2. M. si/lvestris (L.)— L. lanceolate or oblong, more 
or less hairy, not shaggy. Whorls of spike nearly all close 
_ together. Scent sweet. [Extreme forms are M. mollissima (Borkh.) 
with 1. softly white-tomentose on both sides, aad M. nemoTosa (Willd.) with 
shorter oblong 1. green pubescent above, slightly tomentose beneath.] — Damp 
waste ground. P. VIII. IX. Horse-Mint. E. S. 
*5. 21. pipe7-tta (L.) ; /. stalked ovate-lanceolate or oblong 
serrate, upper 1. smaller, bracts lanceolate, spikes lax short bl unt 
interrupted beloiv, cal. tubular glabrous below with lanceolate 
subulate teeth. — E. B. 687.— St. 1 — 2 ft. high and 1. nearly 
glabrous or hairy on the veins beneath. Cal. glandular. 
vulgaris (Sole); 1. broader, spikes shorter almost capitate.] — Wet 
places, rare. P. VII. VIII. Pepper-Mint. E. S. I. 
6. M. aqicat'ica (L.) ; 1. stalked ovate-acute serrate rounded 
or subcordate below hairy on both sides, 11. -1. falling short of 
fl., fl. -whorls in. feiv axillary and terminal subglobose or ovoid 
clusters, cal.- teeth triangular h as long as tube. — M. hirsuta 
Huds. E. B. 447. {31. citrata (Ehrh.) E. B. 1025 is a glabrous 
form). — St. 12 — 18 in. high. Cal. glandular. Moist places. 
P. VII. VIII. Capitate Mint. E. S. I. 
7. M. pubes'cens (Willd.) ; 1. stalked ovate or ovate-lanceo- 
late serrate hairy above woolly beneath, fl.-l. falling short of the 
fl., whorls of fl. in subcylindrical thick dense spikes interrupted 
below, cal. -teeth subulate 5 length of tube. — Sy. E. B. 1026, 
1027. — St. 12 — 18 in. high. I know little of this. Is it distinct 
from M. aqtcatica ? E. 
** Throat of cal. naked. General iriflcn'escervce indeterminate. 
Fl. in axillary distant whorls ; none amongst the uppermost 
I., or shorter than them. 
8. M. gent'ilis (L. emend.) ; M. sativa (L. em., M. & K.) ; 1. 
nearly sessile ovate or ovate-lanceolate sharply serrate, upper 
I. smaller but similar and exceeding the fl., whorls distant 
dense, cal. tubular or bell-shaped, cal. -teeth triangular- 
lanceolate. — St. 1 — 2 ft. high. Uppermost leaves often above 
the flowers. — a. M. sativa (L. sec. Sm.) ; 1. hairy on both sides, 
ped. cal. and cor. hairy. E. B. 448.-/3. M. rubra (Huds.) ; 1. 
stalked nearly glabrous, ped. lower part of cal. and cor. 
glabrous, cal.-teeth hairy, veins of 1. purple. M. gracilis 
