Mentha spicata L. (M. longifolia auct. non (L.)Huds.) M. viridis sensu Bab. et Evans, M. spicata sensu Flora 1964) First record: Ray, 1677? Ray, 1685 [Mentha sylvestris] Mentastrum spicatum folio longiore candicante, (no 'C'), Ray,1677,198. [sic] Martyn,1727,49. Mentha sylvestris The Rev. Mr. Relhan sent it from Cambridgeshire. Smith,Eng.Bot. (1800) 10:686. 25/35 M. longifolia, Between Caxton and Caxton Gibbett, RP Scase, 1944. 29 29Y, GMS Easy, 1975. King's Dyke Brickpit, 24-97-, NP Millar, 19.8.1997, [R]. Whittlesey, SE & TCE Wells, 14.8.1999, [R]; 29Y, GMS Easy, 14.8.1999, [R]. 34 M. sylvestris, a Behind the Mills at, ... Barrington. Relhan,1802. M. sylvestris, Barrington Bridge seems to have been a mistake. No such plant grows there. Bab.MS.Fl.2:550. M. sylvestris, Behind ...Barrington Mills; Relhan, No such plant is now to be found at Barrington. Bab.1860,173. 34R, GMS Easy, 1972. M. longifolia, Melbourn, GMS Easy, 1974. 35 M. longifolia, In Chambers Brook Meadow, Lt Eversden, 15.8.1948, EMB.ann.Bab. Old pit, Barrington, 399.511, R Payne, 14.8.1992, [R]. 36 Fen Drayton, GMS Easy, 1970. Elsworth village, R Payne, 10.8.1990, [R]. 44 Triplow. Martyn,1763,Herbat.VI. M. sylvestris Triplow Fisher ann. Berkenhout,161. M. sylvestris Horse Mint. Triplow. &c. Relhan,1785. M. sylvestris, Triplow Moor Gough's Camden Britanica. Maynard MS.13:358,CRO. Triplow; JM. Bab.ann.173. M. longifolia (L.) Huds, Tip by the A5.05 near Fowlmere, 447.448 (old sandpit), calcareous, var. horridula, CC Townsend, 4.7.1959, det. Townsend, CGE. M. longifolia, Thriplow, GMS Easy, 1969. 44M, GMS Easy, 1970. Sawston, wasteground behind Leather tannery, 487.480, NP Millar, 2002, [R]. 45 Mentastrum fol. long. cand. Cherry Hinton Chalk Pit Close. JM.ann.Ray,Index Loc. Mentastrum fol.long.cand. Chalk Pit close JM.ann.Index Loc. Mentha sylvestris longiore folio. Long leaved Horse-mint. ...In the chalk pit close at Cherry-Hinton, where it was mistaken for the former [Round leaved Horse-mint.] in the Appendix to Cat.Cant. and in many other places by river sides. Martyn,1732,2:117. In the Chalk pit Close at Cherry Hinton. JM.ann.Meth.49. [Mentha sylvestris folio longiore C.B.] July in ye chalk pit close. Th.M.ann.Meth.49. Mentastrum fol. long. caudicante Chalk pit close Th.M.ann.Meth.-Index Loc.(f.)6. M. longifolia. Cherry-Hinton. In the close called by Mr Ray the Chalk-pit Close. Found there by Mr Lyons. Martyn,1763,Herbat.VIII. July in ye Chalk pit close. Th.M.ann.Meth.49. M. sylvestris C(halk) P(it Close) Fisher ann. Berkenhout,161. M. sylvestris Horse Mint. Hinton. Relhan,1785. Cherry Hinton, FR Tennant, 9.1897, det. RA Graham, CGE. --------------------------------------------------- Mentha spicata fol. variegato C.B.Tourn. Mentha spicata longifolia glabra sive rubra Mor.? On ye right hand of ye Lane just before you enter Coton. August 29 1759. both these.Th.M.ann.Meth.49. M. viridis Is this the M. spicata glabra folio latiore Ray. M. spicata longifolia glabra sive rubra of T Martyn in Methodus? found by him 'on the rt hand of the of the lane just before you enter Coton. Aug.29 1759.' Bab.ann.174. M. sylvestris,b Coton, at the bottom of the Lane opposite to the Plough. Relhan,1820. At the back of Coton towards the Oxford Road. 1833,Coleman(a),1. Behind the houses at Coton on the right of the path from Cambridge. Coleman(b). Between Coton and St Neots road. Rev.WH Coleman. N.B.G, Bab.ann.Relhan,234. M. sylvestris, Between Coton and St Neots road; WHC. Bab.MS.Fl.2:550. ----------------------------- M. sylvestris Horse Mint Coton Cross. 1833,Coleman(a),1;Coleman(b). M. sylvestris, By the stump of a cross, Coton; WH Coleman. Bab.1860,173. Coton Cross; Rev.WH Coleman. N.B.G, Bab.ann.Relhan,234. M. sylvestris, Coton Cross; WHC. Bab.MS.Fl.2:550. -------------------------- Mentastrum Granchester JM.ann. Mentastrum fol. longiore Granchester Th.M.ann.Meth.-Index Loc.8. Mentha longifolia. Granchester. Martyn,1763,Herbat.V. M. sylvestris G(ranchester). Fisher ann. Berkenhout,161. M. sylvestris, a Behind the Mills at Granchester,... Relhan,1802;1820. M. sylvestris, b Behind Granchester Mill. Relhan,1802;1820. M. sylvestris E.B. t 686 drawn from specimen gathered behind Grantchester Mill. Bab.ann.173. M. sylvestris, Behind Grantchester, ... Mill; Relhan,Bab.1860,173. ----------------------- M. sylvestris, a Behind the Mills at ...Harston, Relhan,1802;1820. M. sylvestris, Behind ...Harston,...Mill; Relhan, Bab.1860,173. ---------------------------- Edge of the river on Coe fen. 1833,Coleman(a),1; By the river side at the Cambridge end of Coe-fen. Coleman(b). Cow Fen; Rev.WH Coleman. N.B.G, Bab.ann.Relhan,234. M. sylvestris, Cow Fen; WH Coleman. Bab.1860,173. ------------------- Finch's Walk, Cambridge, 455.566, MJ Dalton, det. RA Graham, 30.8.1959. Cambridge Corporation rubbish dump, Newmarket Rd, 467.589, PD Sell 62/736, 4.9.1962, CGE. Old railway, Long Road, GMS Easy, 1.1987. Fox Hill, 482.532, L Bacon, 28.5.1994, [R]. 46 Waterbeach, 'Horsemint', M. sylvestris, n.c., 1935, not det., CGE. M. sylvestris, Opposite Sewage Farm, Cambridge, 30.8.1934, Mills ann. Milton, GMS Easy, 1969. M. longifolia, Milton, old gravel pit, GMS Easy, 1970. Chesterton, 46R, A Rees, O Sawyer & A Shearcroft, 1991, [R]. Girton, H Belcher & E Swale, 1970-1989, [R]. 47 Willingham FP4, M Hardy, K de Courcy & D Curtis, 6.7.1996, [R]. 48 Lay-by, corner Chatteris-Upwell road where 16ft meets Vermuyden's Drain, 422.873, with Myosotis sylvatica, JO Mountford, 1.5.1991. 49 Railway, March-Wimblington, JO Mountford & GMB Smith, 31.5.1969. March, R Payne, 16.8.1987, [R]. 54 M. sylvestris, a Linton, near the first Bridge in the Road to Hildersham. Relhan,1802;1820. M. sylvestris, near the first bridge on the road fron Linton to Hildersham; Relhan. Bab.1860,173. M. longifolia (L.) Huds, Boggy meadow, Linton, AJ Crosfield, 18.9.1923, det. RA Graham, CGE. M. longifolia, Linton-Bartlow river banks, GMS Easy, 1975. Trackside near Stump Cross, 502.441, AC Leslie, 16.9.1984. 55 M. longifolia (L.) Huds, By Lt Wilbraham River, Fulbourn Fen, G Halliday, 9.8.1953, det. RA Graham, CGE. M. longifolia, West Wratting Valley Farm chalk pit edge, 566.546, GMS Easy, 19.8.1985. 56 Today we found growing in some abundance in a swampy place near the centre of the Park, a species of Mint new to Cambridgeshire, or at least one not mentioned by Relhan in his Flora. This was the Mentha viridis of Smith which is figured in the English Botany vol.34, pl.2424. This species of Mentha approaches very near to the Horse-mint (M. sylvestris) but differs essentially in being perfectly glabrous & free from all manner of pubescence ....I believe the Mentha viridis is the species that is generally cultivated for culinary purposes so that possibly those we found may have escaped originally from some neighbouring garden, & not be indigenous in the county,...Jenyns,JNH,18.8.1825. M. viridis Naturalized iBottisham Park, L Jenyns, 19.8.1825, det. RA Graham, CGE. M. viridis Bottisham, L.J., 19.8.1825, BATHG. M. viridis Bottisham Prof Henslow 19.8.1825, NTM. Bottisham, JS Henslow, 19.8.1825, det. RA Graham, CGE; some specimens sent to Mr Hunnybun for plate of New Brit Flora gathered at same time, CGE. M. viridis, Naturalized in Bottisham Park!; Henslow. Bab.1860,174. & Bab.MS.Fl.551. M. sylvestris, b Bottisham Load, a Quarter of a Mile below the Mill. Relhan,1802;1820. M. sylvestris, A quarter of a mile from the mill at Bottisham Lode; Relhan. Bab.1860,173. M. sylvestris, .... below the mill...Bab.MS.Fl.2:550. M. longifolia (L.) Huds var. nemorosa, Quy, FR Tennant, 7.1899, det. RA Graham, CGE. M. sylvestris, Quy Water, 26.8.1902, Mills ann. M. longifolia, old allotments, Quy, GMS Easy, 1974. 56X, GMS Easy, 1976. 57 Wicken, R Payne, 31.7.1987, [R]. Sandpit Lane, Witchford, 50-79-, R Braund, 1993, [R]. 58 Mentha longifolia Horse Mint, Ely, SR Davey, 7.1959, HCMS. 64 Castle Camps church, 1917, WM Palmer ann.Bab. 66 Mentastrum spicatum. folio longiore candicante J.B. Mentha sylv. folio longiore Park. In a bushy close near Exning. Ray,1685,12; Martyn,1727,49. Mentastrum Exning; JM.ann. Mentastrum Exning Th.M.ann.Meth.-Index Loc.5. Mentha sylvestris folio longiore C.B. In a bushy close near Exning. Cat.Cant.App. Th.M.ann.Meth.49. M. sylvestris, In a bushy close near Exning; Mr Dent. Bab.1860,173. 66Z, GMS Easy, 1970. 67 67A, GMS Easy, 1971. 76 76E, GMS Easy, 1970. 40 Railway track E of Isle of Ely College, Wisbech, 469.091, JO Mountford & GMB Smith, 22.7.1969. 40T, GMS Easy, 1972. 41 M. viridis From my Garden at Bushy-Place. 1813. Skrim.MS. Wisbech, GMS Easy, 7.1993, [R].
