. Flowers of the field. Botany. LABIATE FAIIILV 383 ^=ir'^< sometimes witli no flowers in their axils ; calyx'teelh lanceolate- acuminate. - - 'Wet places ; common. — J'"i. July — September. Perennial. 9. iU. rubra (Red Mint), a less hairy plant with red veins to its leaves, is a not uncommon form of the preceding. 10. .1/. gracilis (Slender :\Iint), includes slender, green, and nearly smooth forms with tlie leaves, especially the upper ones, sessile or v'^ nearly so, and the smell Iv. V of Basil. jV X^/ , _^ 11. .1/. geniilis has V%, ^^- spreading, rather thick v^^fV M)^^-^- leav
. Flowers of the field. Botany. LABIATE FAIIILV 383 ^=ir'^< sometimes witli no flowers in their axils ; calyx'teelh lanceolate- acuminate. - - 'Wet places ; common. — J'"i. July — September. Perennial. 9. iU. rubra (Red Mint), a less hairy plant with red veins to its leaves, is a not uncommon form of the preceding. 10. .1/. gracilis (Slender :\Iint), includes slender, green, and nearly smooth forms with tlie leaves, especially the upper ones, sessile or v'^ nearly so, and the smell Iv. V of Basil. jV X^/ , _^ 11. .1/. geniilis has V%, ^^- spreading, rather thick v^^fV M)^^-^- leaves, nearly all of one V^^i #^^=^^^Si size and hairy along Uieir \ V^^ r ^i— veins. It is a not un- \\^M¥:^ common type. 12. M. arvoisis (Corn ]\Fint), a branched, downy plant, 6—iS in. _^^^, high, with stalked, oxaie, ^\^ serrate, hairy leaves, either ~"'" acute or blunt, all nearly equal in size ; and small lilac floii'ei's in dense, distant whorls : cah'x bell-shaped, with deltoid teeth, hairy. This last is the most constant cha- racter by which to dis- tinguish the forms of this group from the four pre- ceding ones. — Cornfields; common. The plant has a strong sme'll.—Fl. July September, rerennial. lvcopus (Common ). ftt ll'Itoiis dista/ii, in the axils of tJie loic-er leaves 13. .1/. PuUgium (Pennyroyal).—The smallest of the genus, and very different in habit from any of the others : the stems are prostrate; ihe leaves small, shortl)-stalked, ,o\ate, nearly smooth ; the flowers red, in distant, globose, many-ilowered whorls : ealvx downy, its mouth closed with hairs.—^\ ft heathy places ; not common. The whole plant has an agreeable perfume and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London :
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