. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany . Fig. 146, I.—Peppermint {Mentha piperita. Mint Family, Labiata).Flowering top. (Baillon.)—A perennial herb, growing 1 m. tall, aro-matic: leaves bearing numerous minute volatile oil glands; flowers palepurplLsh; nutlets seldom formed. The oil of ^\intergreen is hkewise manufactured artificially,but in this case the artificial product is indistinguishablefrom the natural one. Unlike most oils this .sinks in water,being indeed the heaviest known of volatile oils. It is a 148 FLAVORINC; AND BEVERAGE PLANTS

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