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C. About Hoylake (H.) ; West Kirby (Mrs. s. b.). About 
Raby and Neston ; about Sutton ; between Bebington and 
Trafalgar (D.). Roadside at Newton ; corner of Rake Lane, 
Dunham-on-the-Hill (f.m.w.). 1883, Caldy (e.d.). 1875, 
Capenhurst ; 1883, Great Meols ; Heath Lane, Stoke; 1884, 
Burton ; Shotwick (r.b.). West Kirby (a.k.b.). Heswall 
(Dr.G.). 
LABIATE. 
Mentha (L.). Mint. 
M. rotundifolia ( L .). Fig. 488 . Round-leaved Mint. Casual. P. 
VIII, IX. 
Watery places. Rare. 
C. 1894, Langfields, West Kirby (Dr.G.; a.k.b.). 1901, 
Meols village (Dr.G.). 
M. piperita ( Huds .). Fig. 489 . Peppermint. Native. P. 
VII, VIII. 
Damp places. Occasional. 
L. Near Gill Moss Chapel (D.). In Bath Wood, Ormskirk 
(t.w.). There are no recent records from L. 
C. Mollington (h.s.f.). S. U. Canal at Backford (Dr.G.). 
Roadside between Thingwall and Irby, var. a. officinalis {Hull) ; 
Ditch between Dunkirk Farm and Capenhurst, var. b. vulgaris 
{Sole) (f.m.w.). In Capenhurst and extending W. to half a 
mile from Willaston ; Lane leading to Lydiate ; by the brook 
at Shotwick (r.b.). Roadside from Puddington towards the 
New House Farm (Rev. g.). Between Ince and Wimbold’s 
Trafford (Missw.). 
Note. — Intermediate states between a. officinalis and b. vulgaris are 
frequent. 
M. hirsuta (L.). Fig. 490 . Hairy Water Mint. Native. P. 
VII, VIII. 
{M. aquatica (L.).) 
In ditches, and also in damp hollows among the sandhills. 
Common. 
M. sativa (L.). Fig. 491 . Marsh Whorled Mint. Native. P. 
VII, VIII. 
In wet places. Frequent. 
L. Banks of Leeds Canal, N. of Liverpool, &c. 
C. One mile N. of Willaston ; in S. U. Canal, &c. 
M. rubra (Srn.). Fig. 492 . Red-veined Mint. Native. P. 
VII, VIII. 
Damp places. Rare. 
