Volume 3

An arrangement of British plants; according to the latest improvements of the Linnaean system. To which is prefixed, An easy introduction to the study of botany. Illustrated by copper plates / by William Withering, M.D. F.R.S. member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Lisbon; Fellow of the Linnæan Society; honorary member of the Royal Medical Society at Edinburgh, &c.

  • William Withering
Date:
1796
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Credit: An arrangement of British plants; according to the latest improvements of the Linnaean system. To which is prefixed, An easy introduction to the study of botany. Illustrated by copper plates / by William Withering, M.D. F.R.S. member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Lisbon; Fellow of the Linnæan Society; honorary member of the Royal Medical Society at Edinburgh, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    52* MENTHA. Blofs, nearly equal; 4-cleft; the broader segments notched at the end: stam. upright, distant. Obs. The species and varieties of Mint are not sufficiently ascertained. The proportionate length of the stamens and the blofsom seems a variable circumstance, and if so, should not form a part of the specific character. (1) Flowers in spikes. [M. piperita.] M. Spikes oblong: leaves oblong, serrated, cottony, sitting: sylves'trls, stamens longer than the blofsom. Linn. Sometimes not longer. Huds. Kniph. 9-Riv. mon.51.1-FI.dan. efi/p-GIus. ii. 32.1 -Dod.gG—Lob. obs.275.1 and icA.50g.2-Ger.em.68 ^.5-Park.55.6-H.0x.x1.6r 6-Pet.51.1 i-Fuchs.2g2-J. B. iii.22 i-Trag. 20.\-Matth.714. Leaves whitish, woolly and cottony underneath. Linn. Horse Mint. Marshy and watery places. Burwelbeck, Lin- colnshire ; behind the aim-houses-Great Yeldham, Elsex. Lewis- ham, Kent, between Ripley and Guildford. [Bungay, Suffolk, frequent. Woodw. Thorn, Yorkshire. Mr. Robson.] P. Aug. M. Spikes oblong : leaves spear-shaped, naked, serrated, vir'idisf sitting : stamens longer than the blofsom. Woodv. 2 7 o- Cam. epit. 47 7-Ge r. 5 5 2.2 - Dod. 9 5.4-L0 b. 0 bs. 2 71.4, andic. i. 508.1—G<?r. em. 680. 4-Park. 51-Dcd.g5.5-L0b.0bs. 2-71.3, and icA.507.2-Ger. em.680.5-Pet.51.7 -Fuchs.2 go-J. B. iii.2 20-Trag. 20.2-Lenic.i.i 13.2-Matth.j 12. Very nearly allied to M. sylvestris, but smaller and smoother. Blofs. purplish red. Linn. Leaves strap-spearshaped. Spikes of floXvers much longer than broad. Spear-mint. Watery places and banks of rivers. Near Ex- rnouth, Devonshire, and on the banks of the Thames. Huds. P. July, Aug. Var. 2. many-spiked. Spikes numerous ; leaves spear-shaped. Differs from the preceding in the following particulars. Stem red, taller, thicker, and stronger, and divided at the top into more flowering branches. Leaves blacker, shorter, and not so taper- pointed, appearing blunter, more wrinkled, teeth not so fine. Flowers smaller and paler. Scent stronger, and not so agreeable. Ray. M. villosa. Huds. On the river side at Booking, Efsex, and on the Medway near Maidstone. Ray.J- f The flavour of this species being more agreeable than that of the others, It is generally preferred for culinary and medicinal purposes. A conserve of