MENTHA. 
24;j 
** Stamens included in the tube of the corolla. 
17 . Marrubujm. Stain, included within the tube of the 
corolla. Anther-cells diverging, bursting longitudinally. 
U])])er lip of cor. straight, erect, dattish, cloven ; lower 
lobed, middle lobe the largest. Cal. tubular; teeth nearly 
equal or 2 longer. Nuts flatly truncate. — G. F. G. Gam. 
ii. 38. 
Tr. VIII. ADJUGOIDE^. Cor. with the upper lip very short 
or split deej)ly bifid and appearing as if wanting. 
18. Teucrium. Stain, jiarallel, protruding between the deeply 
divided lobes of the upper lip of the cor., inferior longest ; 
cells biu'sting longitudinally. Cor. with the upper lip deeply 
bifid: lobes elongate-, lower lip 3-lobed. Cal. tubular, 5- 
toothed, teeth equal or the upper one larger. — G.F.G.Gam. 
ii. 45.46. 
19. Ajuga. Stam. parallel, protruding far beyond the upper 
lip of the cor., inferior longest ; cells bursting longitudinally. 
Cor. with the upper lip very short, 2-lobed ; lower 3-lobed, 
much longer than the upper. Cal. ovate-bellshaped, nearly 
equally 5-cleft. — G. F. G. Gam. ii. 47. 48. 
Tribe I. Menthoidea. 
1. Mentha 
* Throat of the calyx naked. 
1. M. rotundifolia (L.); 1. sessile elliptic-obtuse crenate-ser- 
rate wrinkled shaggy beneath, spikes linear-cylindi’ical dense, 
bracts lanceolate, “fr.-cal. not contracted at the mouth.” — E.B. 
446. Sole Menth. 3. — Viscid. Whorls of spike nearly all close 
together. Scent acrid. — Waste places, rare. P. VIII. IX. Round- 
leaved Mint. E. I. 
2. M. sylvestris (L.); 1. subsessile ovate or lanceolate serrate 
hoary beneath, spikes linear-cylinch-ical dense, bracts subulate, 
“fr.-cal. contracted at the mouth.” — E. B. 686. Sole 1. and 2. — 
Whorls of spike nearly all close together. Scent sweet. — a. L. 
lanceolate, acute, rather narrowed below'. — velutina; 1. ellipti- 
cal-cordate. M.velutina hej. M. rotundifolia Sole 4. — y.crispa; 
1. deeply cut and crisped. E. B. S. 2785. — Waste ground in 
damp places. j3. Norfolk. An-an and Killin. S. y. Langley Ford. 
Northumberland. P. VIII. IX. Horse Mint. E. S. 
3. M. viridis (L.) ; 1. glabrous sessile lanceolate acute serrate, 
spikes lax cvlindrical, bracts subulate. — E. B. 2424. Sole 5. — 
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