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120. Mentha. 32. LABIATiE. 
Pl. ex. cor . 
b. Calyx laid at the base. 
7. Mentha gracilis. Slender mint . 
Stem upright, very much branched ; leaves lanceolate, 
acute, serrated, nearly sessile; flowers in whirls; peduncles 
and base of the calyx quite bald. 
Mentha (verticiilata) fasca sive vulgaris, Ruii Syn. 232, 5 ; Park. 31. 
Mentha rubra, Hicds. FI. yingl. 252. 
Mentha gentilis, Engl. Bat. 449. 
Mentha gracilis, Sole Menth. Brit. 37, 16. 
Red mint. 
Watery places and damp fields; perennial; August. 
Stem rough-sided, much branched in the middle; leaves 
light green, both sides slightly hirsute; whirls nearly sessile; 
hractece lanceolate; calyx tubular, bellshaped, purple; apex 
and teeth hirsute ; stamens enclosed ; odour like that of 
m. viridis. 
&. cardiaca . Stem upright, nearly smooth, dark brown; 
leaves smooth, long, narrow, deep green ; lower leaves with 
short peduncles; upper sessile; odour like basil. 
Mentha cardiaca, Ger. em. 6S0, 4. 
Mentha gentilis, Sole Menth. Brit. 35, 15. 
Heart mint. Heart wort. 
8. Mentha gentilis.'' Elegant mint . 
Stem very much branched, spreading; leaves ovate, blunt, 
serrated; flowers in whirls; pedicell and base of the calyx 
bald. 
Mentha gentilis, Lin. S. P. S05. 
Mentha rubra, Sole Menth. Brit. 41, 8. 
Watery places and ruins; perennial; August. 
Stem upright, 12 inches high, rough; branches long; 
leaves petioled, light green, rather hirsute on both sides ; 
whirls nearly sessile; bractece lanceolate; calyx hairy above; 
stamens enclosed. 
jS. rivalis. Stem 3 feet high, rough ; leaves long, nearly 
elliptical. 
Mentha nivalis a, Sole Menth. Brit. 41, 18. 
y. variegata. Leaves variegated with yellow and white; 
whirls sessile, rarely pedicelled; pedicells rarely slightly 
hairy ; hairs deffexed. 
Mentha variegata, Sole Menth. Brit. 43, 19. 
