Chap. ^9 3* 'EngHfb Herbs, jiq 
IV. The fccond , or Our white or party colored 
Wild Mint. This Is much left, and better fmelling 
than the fanner: Its Leaves are partly green and 
partly Milk white-, and fometimes its Leaves are 
Tome of them wholly white : but more commonly 
all green: the Roots, Stalks, Flow'ersand other parts, 
are like thole of the former but lefler. This is 
alfo Nurft up, and found growing in many of our 
Englifh Gardens. It is the Mentafirurtt alter tan 
Dodon&i. 
V. The third, or Long Leav’d Wild Mint, or 
Tlorfe Mint. This has fquare brownijh Stalks , and 
fomewhat broad, but longer Leaves growing on them 
than the Idft, nothing at all hoary , but rather 
of a dull green color. The Flowers Hand at the 
tops of the Branches, in rounder Tufts, of a 
pale purplifli color: and the fmell of the Leaves 
and Branches, is fomething more pleafant than 
the other. 
VI. The fourth, or Mountain or Hungarian 
Wild or Horfe Mint. It has a pretty bard, 
thick , long Root , with many fibres fpring- 
ing forth from it , more like to Nep than 
Mint. From which fpring up feveral fquare 
Stalks, on which grow by couples at every 
Joint, fomewhat large Leaves, like as on the 
others, which are more green than the laft, 
and dented alfo about the edges. The Flowers 
ate whiter than the former. Handing about the 
Stalks, at feveral fpaces, and ending in fmall 
long Spikes. The whole Plant much refem- 
bling Common Spear Mint , and is of a hot and 
fharp tafte, fmelling very like to the other Wild 
Mints. 
VII. The fifth, or Tuberous or Knobbed 
Wild or Horfe Mint. Its Root is fomething 
reddijh within, and brownijh on the out fide, 
having feveral tuberous Heads joined thereto , 
which being feparated will grow into Plants. 
From this Root fpring up fquare hairy green 
Stalks, full of Joints, with two Leaves fet 
at every Joint, which are long and rough, 
dented about the edges, fomewhat hoary, of 
a whitifh green color, and of a ftrong fmell. 
The tops of the Branches do end in Spikes of 
hoary Leaves, among which, at certain di- 
ftances , the Flowers Hand , with two Leaves 
at a fpace of, a whitifh color : after which fol- 
lows (mail black Seed. 
VIII. Ti?e fixth , or Wild or Horfe Mint 
with Jointed or Kneed Roots. Its Root is 
fomething thick, and fet with Joints or Knees , 
at certain fpaces, J hooting forth fibres at the 
fame. The Stalk rifes not above a Foot high, 
being fomething hard, rough, and fquare, on 
which grow at the Joints , two long dark 
green Leaves , being foft in handling , but a 
little wrinkled and dented about ■ the edges. 
The Flowers Hand at the tops of the Branch- 
es in fhort Tufts or Spikes, like unto Nep, 
of a pale purplifli color * after which come 
fmall, round, lweet fmelling Seed, like in feent 
to the whole Plant. 
IX. The feventh, or Hairy Wild or Horfe 
Mint. This has fquare hairy Stalks, fpread 
forth into many Branches , higher and greater 
than the Common fort of Wild Mint-, on 
which __ grow hairy long Leaves at the Joints 
thereof , and many purplifli Flowers at their 
feveral tops. 
X. The eighth , or fmall round Leav’d Wild 
or Horfe Mint. The Stalk is fquare, hairy, 
and reddijh , much about a hoot high , having 
two Leaves at a Joint, fomewhat long and round, 
foft , hairy , and dented about the edges , of 
a fad green on the upper fide, and hoary un- 
derneath-, from the Joints fpring forth fome 
Branches, fet with the like Leaves, and round 
Heads of Flowers at the tops, of a purplifh 
color-, the fmell of the Plant is heady, and of 
a ftrong fweetnefs. 
XI. The Places. Thefe are all of them Wild 
by Nature, _ and grow in moiff and watery 
Places, as in Medows near unto Ditches which 
have Water in them, and in Grounds many 
times overflowed with Water, as in Fenny 
Grounds, &c. but the two firft are Nurft up in 
our Gardens, and fo are alfo the others in many 
Places. 
XII. The Times. Thefe Flower When the 
Garden Minis do, viz. about the latter end 
°f. or . beginning of Auguft and 
lpnng up again the next year from their 
old Roots, by which they alfo very much en« 
creafe. 
XIII. The Qualities , Specification, Preparations , 
and Virtues are exactly the fame (If not more 
Powerful) with thofe of the Garden Kinds de- 
clared in the former Chapter , to which I refer 
you. 
chap, ccccxciv. 
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Of MINT Water. 
I- 'T' H E Nabes. It is called in Greek , 
_L Sunl/sCem: in Latine, Sifymbrium , Mentha 
aquatica : and in Englifh , Water Mint. 
II. The Kinds. Of this there are two forts, 
viz. i. Mentha aquatica rubra , Sifymbrium 
majus- Sfymbna Mentha hobelij : Beyond-Sea 
Apothecaries call it as Tragi* fays, Baljami- 
na , as alio Halfamita , as Befler in horto 
Eyfletenji lays , Aquatica five Sifymbra Mentha 
folio rubro Lobelii , Sifymbrium agrefte aquaticum 
Gefrieri ; Sifymbrium Sy/veftre Tugiunenfis , 
Red Water Mint , ot Water Mint the Greater. 
2. Mentha Aquatica five palujlris minor $ Men- 
tha rotundifolia pdluftris minor Bauhini , Sifym- 
brium minus , The teller Water Mint. 
The Defcriptions. 
III. The firfi , or Red Water Mint, ft 
has a creeping Root , running and fpreaiing 
in . Muddy and Watery Places ; From whence 
fpring forth many lquare brownilh Stalks 
Branched forth almoii from every Joint , with a 
Couple of fomewhat broad, but pointed and den- 
ted Leaves, of a brownilh or reddilh color , and 
of a ftrong fweet Mint like fmell. The 
Flowers are fmall and of a purplifh co- 
lor , Handing at the tops of the Stalks 
ot Branches, in loofe round Tufts, one 
above another. 
IV. The 
