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ME'NTHA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Didyna'miaI, Gymnospe'rmiaJ, 
Natural Order. Labia'tjE §, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 1 10. — Sm. Gram, 
of Bot. p. 99.; Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 63. — Bentham, in Bot. Regist. 
(1829) . — Lindl. Syn. p. 1 96. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 239. — 
Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 439. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 528. — Don’s Gen. 
Syst. ofGard. and Bot. v. iv. p. 665. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 209. — 
Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 415. — Verticillatje of Linnaeus. — 
Syringales; suborder, Primulos.e; sect. Mf.nthin.e ; type, 
MenthacEiE or Labiat.e ; subtype, Saturid.e ; Burn. Outl. of 
Bot. v. ii. pp. 900, 958, 968, & 972. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, tubular, upright, with 
5 nearly equal marginal teeth, permanent, its mouth naked, or 
rarely villous inside. Corolla (see figs. 2 & 3.) straight, funnel- 
shaped, longer than the calyx ; limb in 4 deep, slightly spreading, 
nearly equal segments, the upper one rather the broadest, and 
nearly entire, or slightly notched. Filaments (see fig. 4.) 4, from 
the throat of the corolla, awl-shaped, nearly equal, straight, distant, 
longer or shorter than the limb of the corolla. Anthers of 2 round 
lobes. Germen (see fig. 5.) superior, 4-lobed. Style (see fig. 5.) 
thread-shaped, straight, generally longer than the corolla. Stigma 
prominent, in 2 sharp, spreading, nearly equal segments. Seeds 4, 
smooth, in the bottom of the calyx, rarely perfected. 
The nearly equal corolla ; the widely spreading, almost equal 
stamens; and the smooth seeds; will distinguish this from other 
genera, with a 5-toothed, nearly regular calyx, in the same class 
and order. 
Nine species British, according to Bentiiam, and Lindley, 
Syn. 2nd ed. ; Thirteen according to Smith, and Hooker, and 
I.i.vdley, Syn. 1st ed. 
ME'NTHA HIRSU'TA. Hairy Mint. Water Mint. 
Spec. Char. Flowers in heads or whorls. Leaves stalked, 
egg-shaped, serrated. Calyx clothed with upright hairs. Flower- 
stalks with recurved ones. 
Engl. Bot. t. 447.— Linn. Mant. p. 81.— Hook. FI. Lond. t. 166.— Iluds. Ft. 
Angl. (1st ed. ) p. 223. — Sin. in Tr. Linn. Soc. vol. v. p. 193. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. iii. 
lit. I. p. 78.— Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 616. ; Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 78.— With. (7th ed.) 
v. iii. p. 702. — Lindl. Syn. p. 200. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 270. — Light!. FI. Scot. v. ii. 
p. 1104. — Abbot’s Fi. Bedf. p. 127. — Thoms. Pi. Benv. p. 59. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. 
p. 57. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 275. — Kelli. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 235. — Hook. FI. 
Scot. p. 180. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 129. — FI. Devon, pp. 97 &c 144. — Jolinst. FI. 
Benv. v. i. p. 129. — Winch’s FI. of Northumbl. and Durh. p. 39. — Walker’s FI. of 
Oxf. p. 163.— Bab. FI. Bath. p. 38.— Dick. FI. Abred. p. 43.— Iv. Lond. FI. p. 
132. — Luxf. Reig. FI. p. 49. — Cow. FI. Guide, p. 37. — Mack. Catal. of PI. of Irel. 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Calyx and Corolla. — Fig. 3. Corolla. — Fig. 4. Corolla 
opened vertically to shew the situation of the Stamens. — Fig. 5. Germen, Style, 
and Stigma. 
* Mentha of Puny. Minthe, Gr. of Theophrastus. From a nymph of that 
name, daughter of Cocytus, fabled to have been changed into this herb by Proser- 
pine in a fit of jealousy. Some derive it from mens, the mind. Marty n, 
j- See folio 31, note t. t See folio 31, note {. $ See folio 94, a. 
