Feedback request: Mentha x piperita (K001027526)

[oldnick]

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Specimen #377649

Taxon:	Mentha piperita var. piperita
Filed in taxon folder:	Mentha piperita var. piperita
Collection date:	20/9/1850
Locality:	Great Britain, VC20 Hertfordshire, Harpenden, Lea Bridge, TL1414, In ditch at Marquis of Granby [Batford / Harpenden deduced from similar Churchill sheets of the time]
ex herb:	George Cheetham Churchill
Institution:	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:	K001027526
Image: © Kew
fruits/flowers:	no flowers
notes:	leaves very hairy
Filing note:	x piperita var. piperita (glabrous form)

Documented by oldnick on 18^th August 2014.

Edit history

date	user	change
12/10/2014	oldnick	Deleted locality: GB Lea Bridge, In ditch at Marquis of Granby
12/10/2014	oldnick	Added locality: GB VC20 Harpenden, Lea Bridge, In ditch at Marquis of Granby [Batford / Harpenden deduced from similar Churchill sheets of the time] TL1414 (place)

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oldnick wrote

There are numerous places called Lea Bridge, some interchangeably with Lee Bridge, a quick search of the internet and of Churchill's specimens gave me no clues

[David Price]

Marquis of Granby inn, Batford, Harpenden, Herts, overlooking the River Lea, TL148148 See http://whatpub.com/pubs/SHE/317/marquis-of-granby-harpenden

[oldnick]

Interesting since Sir E J Salisbury lived originally in Harpenden, though I'm not sure whether he had left Herts by 1950, his last h@h specimen from the county is 1924 and he died at Bognor Regis. I wonder whether you find the handwriting similar to that on his other Harpenden sheets eg: http://herbariaunited.org/specimen/369515/