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hortenfe Matthioli , Mentha Crifpa verticillata 
Baubini , Mentha vulguta Serpens ret undone folio, 
Bulegij Flore Lobelij , BiwmMmt, or Orjnge Mint. 
5 . Mentha Crifpa Germanica Specwfa 3 Great 
Curled Mint of Germany. 
The Defcriptiorid, 
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IV. The firfi , . or Our Common Spear Mint. 
Jt has a firingy Root , with many tibres adjoining, 
f prcaiing far abroad under Ground , as all the rejl 
do. From this Root fpring forth feveral round 
Stalks, having longer and narrower Leases dented 
on the edges fet thereon , than thofe of the 
next fort, growing alfo fomething lower and 
fmaller , of a pleafing green color. The Flowers 
ftand in fpiked Heads , at the tops of the 
Branches, being of a pale blufh color, the 
fmell is ftrong but very pleafant and grateful to 
the Senfe. 
V. The feconi , or Our Common red Garden 
Mint. The Root is much like the former and 
fpreads like it, running and creeping under the 
Ground , fo that when it has gotten place, it is dif- 
ficult to be extirpated or rooted out. From this Root 
rifes up feveral fquare brownilh Stalks, with 
fomewhat long and round pointed Leaves , dent- 
ed (as the former) about the edges, of a 
dark green, and fometimes of a reddifh color. 
Handing by couples at the Joints, and of a very 
fweet and pleafing fmell. The Flowers are 
reddifh , and ftand by Spaces about the tops of 
the Stalks. 
VI. The third , or Crofs Mint. This has a 
Root very like the others alfo , which fends forth 
fquare Stalks a little hoary, as are alfo the 
Leaves, which are rougher , broader , and 
rounder than the fecond Kind, which ftand on 
all fides the Stalks, one againft another , two at 
a joint, and then crofs againft them at the next 
joint, fo that they Reprefent a Crofs, from whence 
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came the Narhe. The Flowers ftand in fpiky 
Heads, of a purplilh color, fomewhat deeper than 
the fitft. 
VII. The fourth , or Bawm Mint , or Orange 
Mint. This in its Root , Stalks , and manner of 
growing, is much like the feconi Kind above de- 
ferred, the chief difference between this and that 
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