Feedback request: Mentha arvensis (10817)

[David Price]

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Specimen #294468

Taxon:	Lamiaceae: Mentha arvensis L. ("Corn Mint")
Filed in taxon folder:	Lamiaceae: Mentha arvensis L. ("Corn Mint")
Collected by:	Rev. Augustin Ley
Collection date:	26/7/1900
Locality:	Great Britain, VC42 Breconshire, Dolygaer, SO01, reservoir
ex herb:	Rev. Augustin Ley
Institution:	University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:
fruits/flowers:	mature flowers
notes:	"V.G. [or v.e.] LDP. 8/12/1956" = det. L D Pitt?
Filing note:	mentha arvensis var parviflora

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Documented by wonastow on 6^th April 2010.

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wonastow wrote

Have I interpreted 1956 note correctly?

[oldnick]

Hi! You definitely have - except that I don't know what VE (or vg) is - but having seen it before (less legibly) I took it as a confirmation (verum est??), Ley having written M arvensis. Intrigued to know what 'parietariae f' might be - forma?

[David Price]

I think Ley must have meant Mentha parietariifolia which is a synonym for M. arvensis L.

I did not add the filing note "M. arvensis var. parviflora".

My dictionary of acronyms suggests "Voluntary Euthanasia" which is not very helpful.

[oldnick]

mine gives Victory in Europe, or Vicar-General.