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Mentha piperita L. Ditches on Broadham Green, near 
Oxted, Surrey, Sept. 10, 1932. — E. C. Wallace. Beautiful 
specimens of M. piperita. — J. Fraser. 
Mentha aquatica L. [2669], Form with leaves ovate- 
cordate or with truncate base. Walton peat-moor, N. 
Somerset, Aug. 24, Sept. 4, 1932.— H. S. Thompson. Yes ; 
it is M. aquatica L. var. nicceensis Briq. I have the following 
quotation attached to the first sheet of this I collected : 
Mentha Ursula Huds. B. Mentha Sisymbrium dicta hirsuta, 
glomerulis ac foliis minoribus ac rotundioribus. Dill, in Raii 
Syn. 233. t. 10, f. 1. — J. Fraser. 
Mentha saliva L. [2668]. Walton peat-moor, N. Somerset, 
Aug. 25 and Sept. 4, 1932. Very variable. See note by J. W. 
White in Report 1925-26, p. 345. — H. S. Thompson, x M. 
verticillata L. (M. saliva L.) var. rivalis Briq., possibly rivalis 
Wats., though I have not seen a specimen so named by 
him. I have looked up the reference given by H. S. T. The 
point I should like to know is whether or not M. rivalis AVats. 
was inclusive of the numerous varieties of the hybrid in the 
same sense as M. sativa, L. The late C. E. Salmon said ( W . 
Exch. Rep. 1925-6, 345) that J. W. White’s specimens on 
that occasion were more like paludosa. than rivalis, but if 
A\ T hite’s specimens were like those of H. S. T., C. E. Salmon 
was certainly 'wrong. — J. Fraser. 
Mentha sativa L. ? [2667]. A much branched plant. 
Left bank of R . Chew near Keynsham, N. Somerset, Sept. 1 3, 
1932. — H. S. Thompson. Linnaeus published M. verticillata 
first, and some years later drew his pen through the name, 
wrote saliva, and published. That is my reason for writing 
X verticillata L. var. pahcdosa ; (Sole). This particular speci- 
men is notable for its thinly hairy leaves, but the stems, 
calyx and pedicels are shaggy enough. — J. Fraser. 
Mentha, gentilis Linn. With Apium nodiflorum, choking a 
ditch on Broadham Green, Oxted, Surrey. Very luxuriant 
and varying somewhat, often simulating M . rubra. Sept. 10, 
1932. — E. C. Wallace. Right for M. gentilis. — J. Fraser. 
Mentha arvensis L. var. cuneifolia. Lej. et Court. Cult. 
Kew ; from Thames banks, Hampton Court, Middlesex, 
Aug. 13, 1932. A sub-glabrous Mint with the leaves attenuated 
at both ends. — J. Fraser. 
