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Mentha piperita, Linn. Peppermint. Perennial by runners and rootstocks: sts. erect or ascending, 1-3 ft. high, branched, glabrous: lvs. lanceolate, acute, sharply serrate, 1-3 in. long, glabrous or pubescent on the veins beneath, punctate, with minute oil globules: fls. in thick, terminal spikes, 1-3 in. long in fr., the central spike finally exceeded by the lateral ones; calyx glabrous below, its sharp teeth usually ciliate; corolla purple, rarely white, glabrous. Eu.—Intro, into cult, from England and sometimes naturalized in moist ground. Known as "American mint" or "state mint" in N. Y.

Var. officinalis, Sole. White Mint. Slender, 1-2 ft. high: lvs. 1-2 in. long: sts. and foliage light- colored. Not known in wild state; long cult, in England and sparingly intro. into cult, in Amer.

Var.vulgaris, Sole. Black Mint. Rather stout, 2-3 ft. high: lvs. 2-3 ½ in. long: sts. usually purple and foliage dark-colored. Native in England.—Cult, in recent years in England, Saxony and Amer.
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==Cultivation==


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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->

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