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characteristic forms, but they are more acute or acuminate 
at the apex than M. aquatica Linn. ( hirsuta Huds., var. 
minor Sole). Such forms occur, and may be the result of 
crossing. The type has the leaves mostly subcordate at 
the base, and usually rounded at the apex.— J. Fraser. 
Mentha aquatica Linn. var. major Sole. [Ref. Z 106]. Teste 
J. Fraser. “Not very typical examples, but dwarf, with slender 
stems and small leaves, due to crowding and inadequate 
moisture.” Stanmore Common, Middlesex, Sept. 10, 1928. — 
J. E. Lousley. 
X Mentha verticillata Linn. [Ref. 12]. By Brockham 
Bridge, Surrey, Sept. 1, 1928. — E. C. Wallace. One of the 
small-leaved forms of the hybrid, namely X M. verticillata L. 
var. adtilterina Briq. It is a subspicate variety, and the 
main axis as well as the branches end in a verticil. I have 
specimens 3 — 4 ins. high, and distinctly spicate, collected in 
dry soil in a dry season. Such specimens are distinctly more 
hairy than the Brockham Bridge specimens. Most Mints can 
throw off their clothing when growing in damp situations. — J. 
Fraser. 
X Mentha verticillata Linn. [Ref. 807]. Ditch near 
Betchworth, Surrey, Sept. 18, 1927. — E. C. Wallace. Name 
it X M. verticillata Linn. var. paludosa (Sole) and it will be 
right. I have it from Brockham. It is a very polymorphic 
Mint, appearing to be a different variety in different seasons 
on the same spot. It had only 1-3 densely compacted 
verticils in the dry season of 1921 ; I cultivated it and got 
6-9 verticils ; and the wild one some years later in the same 
spot got exactly like Sole’s M. paludosa. Now I have got 
15 sheets from a wide area on the clay in Surrey, and though 
those in ditches and hedges may never become spicate I 
consider they are one and the same thing. The calyx teeth 
are short for x M. verticillata and from a broad triangular 
base they suddenly narrow to a slender point. I erred with 
Briquet in naming the variety, and now ask collectors to change 
the name from var. congesta Fraser to var. paludosa (Sole). 
The most constant character is the elliptic leaves, broadest 
a little below the middle. Unfortunately there are few or 
none of the main stem leaves on these specimens. The 
bracts under the verticils suddenly get very small till they 
get completely hidden in spicate states, but appear again 
when the corolla drops. — J. Fraser. 
