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58. LABIATE. 
— Cor. glabrous. Whorls of the spike rather distant. L. glan- 
dular beneath.— ^. crispa (Benth. ) ; 1. deeply, cut and crisped. 
— In marshy places, rare. |3. Glen Farg, Perthshire. Hooker. 
P. Vni. SpeurMint. E.S.I. 
t4. M. piperita (Sm.) ; /. stalked OTate-lanceolate or oblong 
serrate, upper 1. smaller, bracts lanceolate, spikes lax short hhmt 
interrupted below, cal. tubular glabrous below with lanceolate 
subulate teeth. — U. B. 687. — St. 1 — 2 ft. high and 1. nearly gla- 
brous or hairy on the veins beneath. Cal. glandular. — j3. syl- 
vestris (Sole) : 1. ovate roimded almost heartshaped below, spikes 
long. Sole 24. — Wet places, rare. P. VII. VIU. Pepper Mint. 
E. S. I. 
5. 31. aquat'iea (L.) ; I. staUced ovate serrate rounded or 
slightly cordate below, uppermost I. like bracts Toid. falling short 
of the il., whorls few sithfjlobose capitate the uppermost terminal, 
cal. tubular -with triangular subulate teeth hairv as well as the 
pedicel.— 3/. hirsuta Sm., E. B. 447.— St. 12—18 in. high. Cal. 
glandular. Fl. in terminal and axillary stalked clusters rather 
than whorls. — M. citrita Ehrh., M. odorata Sole 9, E. B. 1025, 
is a glabrous variety of this species ; and M. crispa E. B. S. 2785 
a foi-m with cut and crisped leaves. — In wet places. P. VII. 
Vin. Capitate Mint. E. S. I. 
•* Throat of cal. naked. General irtflorescence indeterminate. 
Fl. in axillary distant whorls ; none a7nongst the uppermost 
I., or shotier than them. 
6. M. praten'sis (Sole) ; I. nearly sessile ovate-lanceolate acute 
serrate, floral I. similar the smaller ones exceeding the Jl., whorls 
distant suhglobose, pedicels glabrous, cal. bellshaped, teeth hairy. 
— Sole 17. M. geutilis E. B. 449. M. gracilis Sm. — St. about 
a foot high and 1. usually glabrous. L. paler beneath, glandular. 
Cal. glandular. — [3/. rtibra (Huds.), M. gentilis (Sole 15), is con- 
sidered as distinct from Sp. 6 and 7 by Fries.] — Marsliv places, 
rare. P. VIII. IX. ' E. 
7. M. sativa (L.) ; I. stalked ovate serrate, upper ones similar 
but smaller all exceeding the Jl., whorls all distant dense, cal. 
tubular or bellshaped, tecih triangular-lanceolate acuminate. — 
St. 1 — 2 ft. high. I ' ppennost leaves often barren. — a. vulgaris ; 
cal. and pedicels hairy. M. sativa Sm., E. B. 448.-/3. M. rubra 
(Sm. not Fr.) ; pedicels and lower part of the calyx glabrous, 
St. slightly branched upright zigzag reddish, whole plant nearly 
glabrous. Cal. with resinous glanus. E. B. 1413. — y. M. gen- 
tilis (Sm.) ; pedicels and lower part of the cal. glabrous, teeth 
shorter triangular, st. much branched green, 1. all of nearly the 
same size. E. B. 2118. The characters of this variety closely 
approach M. arvensis. — 5. ? M. actctifolia (Sm.) ; pedicels ancl 
