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120. Mentha. 32. LABIATzE. 
PI. ex. cor , 
Mentha spicata q. Sisymbrium hirsutum Doody, Raii Syn. 233,7. 
Mentha (spicata) aquatica seu Sisymbrium, Raii Syn. 233, 6 ; Ger. em . 
084, 2. 
Mentha hirsuta, Lin. Mant. 81. 
Mentha aquatica, Huds. Ft. Angl . 252, a, /3. 
Mentha birsnta, Smith T. L. S. 5, 193. 
Mentha glomerata, Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 616. 
Water Mint. 
Watery places ; perennial; August and September. Very 
variable in form. 
Flowers capitate; leaves pubescent; stem hirsute, hairs 
deflected, pressed to the stem ; stamens longer than the co- 
rolla ; hractece lanceolate, hirsute ; peduncles very hirsute ; 
hairs white, reflexed; calyx furrowed. — Stimulant; used 
in sauces as a carminative, odour peculiarly grateful. 
£. aurantiaca. Flowers capitate, head and leaves smaller 
and rounder than the preceding : odour like that of 
oranges. 
Mentha (spicata) sisymbrium dicta hirsuta, glomerulis ac foliis minori- 
bus et rotundioribus, Billen in Raii Syn. 233, 8. 
y. piperita. Flowers capitate ; leaves nearly bald ; sta- 
mens shorter than the corolla. 
Mentha nigricans, Miller's Diet. 
Mentha piperita, Lin. S. P. 805. 
Mentha piperita /3, Huds. FI. Angl. 251. 
d. palustris. Flowers spiked or capitate ; spike leafless ; 
lower whirls peduncled ; leaves hairy, pale beneath. 
Mentha spicata q. menthastri aquatici genus hirsutum, spica latiore 
J. Bauhini, Raii Syn. 234, 4. 
Mentha aquatica, Miller Diet. 
Mentha palustris, Sole Menth. 13,6. 
e. paludosa. Flowers spiked, in whirls ; whirls close to- 
gether; stamens as long as the corolla; odour like marjoram, 
Mentha paludosa, Sole Menth. 49, 22. 
£. saliva. Flowers in whirls; whirls peduncled; stamens 
longer than the corolla, or variable ; leaves hirsute. 
Mentha verticillata ; varietas hirsutie foliorum discrepans, Raii Syn , 
232, 4. * 
Mentha verticillata, Lin. S. N. ed. 10, 1099 ; IJuds. ed . 1, 222. 
Mentha sativa, Lin. S. P. 805. 
Mentha rivalis, 0, y, et 5, Sole Menth. 45. 
Mentha arvensis, var. Withering Bot. Arr. 
vj. glabra. Flowers in whirls ; leaves roundish, bald. 
Mentha aquatica verticillata glabra, rotundiore folio, Dillen in Herb . 
Sherard. 
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