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10. Broad-fpikcd Mint. 
Mentha /pica laliere fiiliis gltiiris. 
The root is fmall and creeping. 
The ftalk is firm, fquare, ercft, brown, not 
much branched, and a foot and half high. 
The leaves have fliort footftalks : they are ob- 
long, fmooth, moderately indented, and (harp- 
pointed. 
The flowers grow at the tops of the fl:alks and 
branches in long, large, and hairy fpikes, which 
are of a flatted figure : they are of a pale flefli- 
colour. 
It is found in wet places in Eflex, and flowers 
in July. 
Ray calls \t. Mentha fpicata aligiiftifoUa glabra 
fpica laliore. 
II. Broad-leaved fpiked Mint. 
Mentha latifolia fpicata. 
The root is compofed of innumerable fibres. 
The ftalk is upright, branched, fquare, fmooth, 
a pale green, but often red toward the bottom, 
and half a yard high. 
The leaves ftand on fliort footftalks : they are 
oblong, broad, of a frefll and beautiful green, and 
lliarp -pointed. 
The flowers ftand in long and moderately thick 
fpikes, and are of a deep purple. 
We have it in Effex, and in Surry. It flowers 
in July. 
Ray calls it Mentha fpicata. glabra latiore folio, 
12. Broad, whitifli leaved Horfe-Mint, with a 
thick Ipike. 
Mentha foliis cinereis latioribus, fpica crajfa. 
The root is compofed of numerous thick fibres. 
The ftalk is fquare, weak, whitifli,andbranched, 
and is about a foot high. 
The leaves are oblong, broad, and of a greyifli 
(Treen, fliarp-pointed, and deeply ferrated. 
The flowers are of a deep flefli-colour : they 
grow in thick, long fpikes at the tops of the 
ftalks and branches. 
It is common by river-fides in Eflex, and flowers 
in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Mentha pahflris cblongo 
folio. Others, Menthaftrum hirfutum., and Men- 
thajlruni minus. 
ij. Long-leaved fpiked Horfe-Mlnt. 
Mentha fioribus pallidis folio longo candicaute. 
The root is long and creeping. 
The ftalk is fquare, firm, whitifli, and very 
upright : it is two feet and a half high, and has 
numerous Iboots from the bofoms of the leaves, 
all which foon run up to flower. 
DIVISION II. F 0 
I. Common Spear-Mint. 
Mentha fpicata vulgaris. 
This plant, though fo common in our gar- 
dens, is not a native of our country. 
The root is fmall and fpteading. 
The ftalk is fquare, firm, upright, and two 
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The leaves are long, and moderately broad :- 
they have ilo footftalks : they are fliarply ferra- 
ted, and pointed ; and their colour is a greyifh. 
green on the upper fide, and a whitilh under- 
neath. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of all the branches, 
and are very numerous : they are difpofed in long, 
(lender fpikes, and are of a pale whitifti colour. 
It is found in many parts of Eflex in great ab- 
undance, and is not fcarce in many other places. 
It flowers in Auguft. 
J. Bauhine cails it Menthajirmn fpicatum folio 
longiore candhante. C. Bauhine, Mentha fyhejlris 
folio longiore. 
The fmcU is ftrong and difagreeable. 
14. Round-leaved Horfe-Mint. 
Mentha folio rugofo rotiindiore. 
The root is compofed of numerous fibres. 
The ftalk is fquare, upright, and two feed 
high. 
The leaves are of a finguiar form for a plant of 
this kind, round, large, of a rough furface, and 
of a deep green. 
The flowers ftand in fpikes at the tops of the 
ftalks ; and they are of a brigh.t red. 
It 13 found in fome parts of LiTcxj but is not 
common. It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Mentha fylvejlris rotundiore 
folio. Others, Aknthafirum folio rugofo rotun* 
diore. 
This has a coarfe, ftrong fmell, like thf pre- 
ceding, and Ihares the virtues of an antihyftt^rick 
with it : they are good alfo in all nervous dif- 
orders. 
15. Pepper-Mint. 
Mentha piperata. 
The root is long, flender, and creeping, and 
fends out at diftances clufters of chick fibres. 
The ftalk is upright, firm, not much branched,' 
and two feet and a half high : it is fquare, and 
is ufually of a brownifh red toward the bottom* 
and green near the top. 
The leaves are placed in pairs on fliort foot- 
ftalks ; they are large, oblong, fiiarp- pointed, 
and ferrated at the edges : their colour is a deep 
green, and they tafte extremely acrid. 
The flowers grow at the tops of the ftalks and 
branches in thick, ftiort fpikes : they are of a pale 
red, and moderately large.- 
It is found wild in Hertfordfhire, Efl'ex, and 
Surry ; and we have it plentifully in gardens. 
Ray calls \t Mentha fpicis breznhus & latioribni 
foliis nmitha fufc.t fipore fervido piteris. 
REIGN SPECIES. 
feet or more in height, not much branched, and 
in colour of a pale green. 
The leaves have no footftalks : they are long, 
narrow, and fliarp-pointed, fliarply ferrated at 
the edges, fomewhat rough on the furface, and 
of a lively green. 
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