L i b. z. Of the Hiftory of Plants. 685 
7 MentajlrunituberofiiradiceClu(ij,_ 
Turnep-rooted Horfe-Mint. 
jv-rinkled, hoary and rough both aboue and be 
low, and lightly fnipped about the edges- ^he 
floures grow in thicke compaft eares at the tops 
of the Italics, and are like thofe of common Mint. 
The whole plant is of a more vnpleafant fent 
than any of the other Mints. It growes in diners 
wetand moift grounds, and floures in Iune and 
Inly. Thisby moft writers is called only Menta- 
Jlrum, without any other attribute. 
4 In fome of our Englilli gardens (as Pena 
and Lobel oblerued)grovves another Horfe-mint, 
much leffe , and better fmelling than the laft 
mentioned, hailing the leaues partly greene, and 
partly milke white ; yet fometimes the leaues 
are fome of them wholly white, but more, and 
more commonly all greene : the ftalkes, floures, 
and other parts are like thofe of the former , but 
lefle. This is the Merit aftrumtiiueum Anglicumfit 
Lobel ; and Mentasirum alterum of Bodonaus. 
•) This growes in watc-rie places, hauing a 
ftalke of a cubit or cubit and balfe high, fet with 
longifh hoary leaues like thofe of Horfe-mint: 
the floures grow in fpokie tufts at the tops of the 
ftalkes, o'f aduskie purple colour , and in fhape 
like thofe of the common Mint : the fmell of 
this comes neere to that of the water Mint. This 
is the Mentafiri folia aquation hir fata, fine Calamin- 
thd 5 . Viofcondis, of Lobel : in the hijl, Lugd. it is 
called Mentaftrum minus (bicaUim. 
6 The 
-f 6 (JUeataftrum monlamm i.CluJij. 
Mountaine Horfe-Mint. 
