THE FLORA OF WARWICKSHIRE 
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I. Stockingford; Packwood. 
II. Spernal Ash ; Lapworth ; Broad Lane, near Berkswell; a slight 
variety occurring at intervals with type. 
M. sativa, Linn. Marsh Wliorled Mint. 
Native: In damp woods, marshes, ditches, Ac. Local. August, 
September. 
a. rivalis = genuina. 
I. Sutton Park, (casual); Trickley; Bentley Park (small form) ; 
Arley ; Coleshill Pool; Marston Green ; Hampton-in-Arden ; 
Shelly; Monkspalli. 
II. Emscote, Y. and B.; pit near Bounsel Lane, H. B.; Honily, H. B., 
Exch. Club Report, 1879, labelled paludosa; Broad Lane, 
Berkswell. 
b. paludosa , Sole. Bare. 
I. Sliarman’s Cross; Monkspatli; Shelly, near Solihull; Beards- 
more, near Hockley. 
II. Ditch near Honily, H. B., Herb. Bab. 
c. subglabra. Baker. Bare or overlooked. 
I. Coleshill Pool; Spring Coppice, near Hockley. 
II. Beausale Common ! H. B., Exch. Club Rep., 1874. 
M. rubra, Sin. Tall Bed Mint. 
Native or denizen : In drains and ditches. Bare. 
I. Bannersley Pool; Monkspath, near Hockley (peculiar form), 
very abundant, 1871. 
II. Near Haseley (?) H. B.; Offchurch, Y. and B.; ditch near 
Luddington ; Witliybrook, near Nuneaton ; Sowe waste canal. 
The plant from Luddington, which appears to be similar to the 
form “ gathered by Dr. Windsor, at Partington, Cheshire, has 
long white fleecy hairs upon the teeth and upper part of calyx, 
and the stem and veins of the under side of the leaves are 
similarly clothed.” See Baker “ On English Mints,” page 17. 
M. gracilis, Sm. Slender Red Mint. 
Native : In watery places. Very rare. August. 
II. Ted Pit, Allesley, Bree, Purt. iii., 54. 
b. cardiaca, Baker. Very rare. 
II. Haseley Common, H. B.! Exch. Club Rep., 1876 ; Shrewley 
Common, Dr. Baker, Exch. Club Rep., 1877-8. 
M. gentilis, Linn. Bushy Red Mint. 
Native : In watery places and river sides. Bare. July. 
I. What may be this at Marston Green and Four Ashes. 
II. Side of the Biver Alne; Oversley, near the bridge, Part, i., 276. 
Fillongley, Kirk; Haseley, H. B. 
b. Wirtgeniana. Very rare. 
II. Chadsliunt, Bolton King. 
M. arvensis, Linn. Corn Mint. 
Native : In fields, pastures, and waysides. Locally common. June 
to September. Area general. 
b. nummularia, Schreb. Bare. 
I. Fields near Knowle. 
c. agrestis. 
II. Fillongley, T. Kirk; Bradnocks Marsh, Hampton-in-Arden; 
R. Rogers; Austey wood, near Henley-in-Arden. 
The varieties in this species do not appear to be of a very marked 
character. 
