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their apex, and subcordate at their base ; those of the primary axis 
deeply dentate, with unequal apiculate teeth at unequal distances; 
those of the branches less deeply dentate, with equal teeth, more or 
less remote. Flowering spikes cylindrical, pretty short, obtuse, and 
interrupted at their base. Bracts very long, setaceous, and plumose. 
Calyx hairy, with long subulate teeth. Corolla small. Stamens 
included. This species has certain relations with Meniha Eisen- 
stehiiana, Opiz. (Naturalientausch, p. 301, No. 131.).’” — L’Abbe 
Ch. A. Strail. 
Mentha puhescens, Willd. Hort, Croydon, 1887. — A. Bennett. 
“ The majority of the older botanists mention but a very small number 
of mints, and their descriptions are incomplete. Only a few characters 
were indicated. Hence it is impossible to say whether or not 
Willdenow had your plant in view when he gave the name, for his 
description equally applies to several other very dissimilar plants. In 
Malinvaud’s ‘ Menthae Exsiccatae,’ and in the three editions of 
Wirtgen’s ‘ Mentharum Rhenanarum,^ there are, under the name above 
given, specimens of several quite distinct forms. Besides, the 
descriptions of Boreau (Flore du Centre de la France), of Lloyd (Flore 
de rOuest) and of Reichenbach, do not apply to one and the 
same species. If I had found your mint in Belgium, I should 
certainly have given it another name, and should have placed it close 
to M. nepetoides^ Lej., on account of the form of its inflorescence.” — 
L’Abbe Ch. A, Strail. 
M. gentilis, L. variety ? Boggy meadow, near Killarney, Kerry, 
25th August, 1887. — Augustin Ley. “The calyx in this plant is 
evidently tubular and hairy throughout ; it therefore belongs to the 
sativa group, but the material is so incomplete that it is impossible 
to determine it.” — Lk'\bbe Ch. A. Strail. 
M. gentilis, L. Shotover, Oxon, September, 1886. — G. C. Druce. 
“ The plant sent under this name is identical with M, gracilis, Sole 
(and Smith). It differs from gentilis especially in the subulate, plumose, 
calyx-teeth, and also in its lanceolate leaves.” — L’Abbe Ch. A. Strail. 
M. gentilis, L. Wirtgeyiiana, F. Schultz. River bank, Sellack, 
Herefordshire, 6th August, 1887.— Augustin Ley. “ I regard this 
as a simple-stemmed form of M. gentilis, Sm. M, Wirtgeniana, 
Fr. Schultz, has a stem 18 to 24 inches long, branchlets much 
elongated. The leaves have long petioles, are oval - obtuse, 
irregularly toothed, teeth obtuse or subacute. The floral whorls 
are all stalked, the lower ones with very long stalks. This 
species nearly approaches M. rubra, Sm., from which it principally 
differs in its included stamens and smaller calyx.”— ^L’ Abbe Ch. A. 
Strail. 
M. a 7 'vensis, L. var. Offord, Hunts., 28th August, 1885. — . R. 
Linton. “This represents a fine species, and is worthy of a name 
and good description.” — L’Abbe Ch. A. Strail. 
M. Allionii, Bor. Near Cubley, Devonshire, 29th August, 1SS7. 
— W. R. Linton. 
M. arvensis, L. var. Near Sawtrey, Hunts, September, 18S5. . 
R. Linton. “This is M. nummularioides , Wirtgen (Herb. Menth. 
