An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . pt. 2. Mentha piperita L. Peppermint. Fig. 3681. Mentha piperita L. Sp. PI. 576. 1753. Perennial by subterranean suckers; stems glabrous,mostly erect, branched, i°-3° high. Leaves lanceo-late, petioled, dark green, acute at the apex, roundedor narrowed at the i)ase, rather firm, sharply serrate,glabrous on both sides, or pubescent on the veinsbeneath, the larger \h-2, long, I-
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . pt. 2. Mentha piperita L. Peppermint. Fig. 3681. Mentha piperita L. Sp. PI. 576. 1753. Perennial by subterranean suckers; stems glabrous,mostly erect, branched, i°-3° high. Leaves lanceo-late, petioled, dark green, acute at the apex, roundedor narrowed at the i)ase, rather firm, sharply serrate,glabrous on both sides, or pubescent on the veinsbeneath, the larger \h-2, long, I-ii wide; whorlsof flowers in terminal dense or interrupted spikes,which are thick and obtuse, and become i-t, longin fruit, the middle one at length overtopped by thelateral ones; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, not longerthan the flowers, or the lower occasionally folia-ceous; calyx tubular-campanulate, glabrous below,its teeth subulate, ciliate, one-half as long as thetube or more; corolla glabrous; style occasionally3-cleft. In wet soil, Nova Scotia to Ontario and Minnesota,south to Florida. Ti-nncssoc and Arkansas. Also inCaliforsia, Bermuda and Jamaica. Naturalized fromEurope. Lamb-or brandy-mint.
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