706 DIDYNAMIA. GYMNOSPERMIA. Mentha; 
a 
Odour strong, occasionally resembling that of blue mouldy cheese. 
' Calyx short, aud campanulate, clothed with long projecting hairs. These 
marks sufficiently distinguishing this species. E.) 
Corn Mint. (Welsh : Mintys ar-dir. E.) M. arvensis of Linn, and 
other authors. In the borders or between the furrows of corn-fields, es¬ 
pecially in moist places. P. June—Sept.* 
Var. 2. Flowers earlier, has a more shining surface, though slightly hairy. 
Leaves more recurved, and elliptical; stem upright. 
M. pro?cox, Sole 31. t. 13. 
In moist meadows. By the side of the Avon, near Bath, flowering about 
the middle of June. Mr. Sole. (By Derwentwater Lake, near Lowdore. 
Mr. Winch. E.) 
Var. 3. Leaves shorter and broader; smelling like Sweet Basil. 
M. gentilis. Miller. On the right hand of the road from Booking to Goss- 
field. Dale. At Shelford, Cambridgeshire. Mr. Wigmores. Ray. (At 
Prestwick Car, Northumberland. Mr. Winch. E.) 
Var. 4. Leaves very broad, almost heart-shaped, marked with long pa¬ 
rallel veins which render them rugose. Stem upright. 
M. agrestis , Sole Menth.33. t. 14— E. Bot. 2120. 
Common in corn-fields and neglected gardens about Mendip Hills, Shepton 
Mallet, and Frome. Sole. In Sussex. Mr. Borrer. Near Trefriw; below 
Lligwy wood ; and by the Old Park pool, near Beaumaris. Rev. Hugh 
Davies. E.) 
(M. ruLE f GiUM. Flowers in whorls : leaves egg-shaped: stem prostrate: 
flower-stalks and calyx downy all over : teeth fringed. E.) 
E. Bot. 1026— Sole Menth. 51 t. 23— Ludw. 195— Blackw. 302— Riv. 23. 1. 
Puleghim — Woodv. 171— Fuchs. 198— J. B. iii. 256. 2— Trag. 23— Matth. 
704— Dod. 282— Lob. Obs. 266, and Ic. i. 500. 1— Ger. Em. 671. 1— Pet. 
32. 2— Park. 29 — Lonic. i. 114. 3— H. Ox. xi. 7. row 2. 1. 
(Far less than the preceding species; the smallest of the genus; with a 
peculiar, acrid smell. E.) Stems with four blunt angles, hairy, branched. 
Leaves small, thick, slightly toothed, uunderneath set with deep semi¬ 
transpatent dots. Blossom twice as long as the calyx, very hairy, without; 
pale purple; (sometimes white. E.) Stamens equal. Pistils as long as 
the stamens. 
Penny-royal Mint. (Welsh: Brymlys; Colyddlys. E.) Pulegium. 
Pharm. Lond. Moist heaths and pastures. Side of a pool at Robert’s 
End, near Hanley Castle, Worcestershire. Mr. Ballard. (In Low Holm 
Mire, Cumberland. Rev. J. Harriman. On Rhos y gad, and Rhos wen, 
in the parish of Llanfair y pwll, Anglesey. Welsh Bot. On the borders 
of a pond near Winston, Durham. VVinch Guide. Side of a pool at Er- 
dington, Warwickshire. E.) P. Aug.—Sep.t 
* (In some situations it is a troublesome weed to the agriculturist, the roots binding 
the soil, and thus obstructing pulverisation. It is readily extirpated by draining, and the 
drill and horse-hoe husbandry. Holdich, E.) 
•f (Employed to remove obstructions, being stimulant and tonic. E.) The expressed 
juice, with a little sugar, is not an inefficacious medicine in the hooping cough. A 
simple and spirituous water, distilled from the dried leaves, is kept in the shops. It is 
prescribed in hysterical affections, and is not without considerable anti-spasmodic pro¬ 
perties. An infusion of the plant may be used with the same intention. Musca pipit us j 
Cassido vindis and equestris, and Phalwna chry sit is live upon the different species. 
