C 837 ] 
Nepeta major vulgaris. Park. 28. R. Syn. p. 227. 
Nep, or Cat-mint. 
On dry banks about hedges, &c. flowering in 
June and July. In Preftwold lanes near Lough- 
borough. In Grooby-lane near Leicefter. I ob- 
served about Grantham in Lincolnshire. 
Mentha, Gen. Plant. N°. 635. 
Mentha floribus fpicatis folio oblongis ferratis. Hort. 
Upf. 168. Sp. Plant, p. 576. /3 
Menthaflrum fpicatum foliis longiore candicante, 
J. B. Syn. 234. 
Long leaved Horf e-mint. 
It flowers in July. I have observed this about 
Swithland : alfo at Thorp near Loughborough, 
and elfe where, but not very common. 
Mentha verticillata minor acuta non crifpa odore 
Ocymi, J. B. III. 2. 216. Raii Syn. p. 232. 
N*. 
Red Mint. 
An. Mentha floribus verticillatis,. foliis oVatis acutis 
ferratis, ftaminibus corolla brevioribus. Sp. Plant. 
P- 577 - 
This is very fcarce with us : I have only feen it 
'growing in the outwoods near Loughborough, and 
there but fparingly. 
De fpecie nullum certe dico, cum genere Lin- 
nseana interim omnino convenit noflra Planta. 
Caulis eredtus, Simplex, vix pedalis : Folia longe 
eiliptica in petiolis fere definentibus, ferrata, gla- 
bra : Flores in verticillis laxis e radice ad fummi- 
tatem conferti : Stamina corolla long’ora : unde 
dubium, annon Mentha gentilu Linnaei ? 
V0L.49. 5 O 
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