DIDYNAMIA. GYMNOSPERMIA. Mentha. 703 
Cornwall. Mr. Watt. Near the mill at Lilleshall, Shropshire. 
Var 3. Rather more slender, of a paler hue, and the leaves somewhat less 
hairy. Flowers in heads. Stamens shorter than the blossom. Remark¬ 
able for its Peppermint flavor. This is M. piperita of Linnaeus and 
Bergius, cultivated in the North of Europe for Peppermint, but distinct 
from what is generally used in this country. 
A native of England. Herb. Banks. 
Var. 4. Strikingly distinguished by its inflorescence, the head being length¬ 
ened out into a leafless spike of several whorls, more or less crowded 
together. Lowermost whorl generally axillary and pedunculate, sometimes 
elongated into a little spike. Leaves underneath paler, and considerably 
hairy. Blossom, as in other Mints, occasionally assuming the shape of a 
concave or galeated upper-lip. Spiked or capitate. 
M. paiustris , Sole Menth. 13. t. 6— J. B. iii. 222— Ger. Em. 685— Lob » 
Ic. 510. 
Near Bocking. Dale. On the south west shore of Saham meer, Norfolk. 
Smith. Plentiful in old ditches at Glastonbury, Wedmore, Birtle, &c. 
Somersetshire. Sole. 
Var. 5. Flowers in whorls, but the whorls so close together as to resemble 
a spike. Flowers large, of a pale purple colour; stamens just equal with 
the blossom. Smells like Sweet Marjoram. 
M. paludosa , Sole Menth. 40. t. 22. 
In Holt fen at Streatham, near Ely; in a river by the side of Awdry 
Causeway, near Haddenham in the Isle of Ely. Sole. 
Var. 6. Flowers in axillary clusters from many of the uppermost leaves 
forming whorls, each cluster is more or less pedunculate. Length of the 
stamens variable. 
E. Bot. t. 448. 
M. sativa. Linn, (synonyms excepted). Huds. M. aquatica. Lightf. 
M. rivalis. var. Sole. 45. M. arvensis. var. 2. With. Ed. 4. About rivulets 
on the side of Shotover Hill near Oxford. Mr. T. Bobart. On the banks 
of the river Lea near Hackney. Mr. E. Forster. At Saham and Ashill in 
Norfolk; also eleven miles from Norwich in the Hingham road, and in 
many other places. Smith. (By the Mole at Brockham. Mr. Winch. E.) 
Var. 7. Verticillate, less hairy, and with rounder leaves. Dill, in Herb. 
Sherard. 
In a ditch on the left hand of Chalk’s Green, going from Braintree to Lee 
House. Dillwyn. 
Var. 8. Whorled, very small, with an extremely fragrant odour. Herb. 
Buddl. M. aquatica exigua. Dill, in R. Syn. 232. (Ditches, rivulets, and 
other watery places. E.) By the side of the New River, near the upper 
end of Stoke Newington. Herb. Sherard. On Skoulton Common, near 
Hingham, Norfolk. Smith. 
Hairy Water Mint. (Irish: Cartloin. Welsh: Mintys blewog. M. Mr* 
suta. Sm. Relh. Hook. M. sativa. Tr. Linn. Soc. In ditches and 
watery places. Duddingston Loch, Edinburgh, several varieties. Dr- 
Greville. P. Aug,—Sept. E.) 
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