Rumex.-] POLYGONEiE. 



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Ord. LXXVIIL POLYGONEiE. Juss. 



1. KONIGIA. Z. 

 L K. Islandica. L. — FL Dan. L 418. 



Hab. Moist mountains N. of the Smoking River. Drummond, Bay of Escholtz. Chamisso. 



2. OXYRIA. Br. 



I. O. reniformis. Hook — Rumex digynus. E, Bat t 910, Ph, Am. \.p. 248. 



Hab. Common in the Rocky Mountains and on the Arctic Sea-shores. Dr Richardson. Drummond, 

 Capt, Sir E. Parry. Labrador. Dr Morison. Sitcha. Bongard. Unalasciika. Chamisso. 



3. RUMEX. i. 



1. R. Acetosa, L, — E. Bott 127. 



Hae. Prairies of the Rocky Mountains. Prummond, *' Assuredly wild in Canada," Mrs Percival ; and 



Newfoundland, Miss Brenion. (Naturalized ?) 



2. R. Acetosella. L E. Bat. L 1674. 



Hab. Canada. Dr Todd, Mrs Sheppard ; to the Saskatchawan. Drummond, Gravelly soils, N. W. 

 America. Douglas,. Dr Scouler. Newfoundland. Dr Morison, Mr Cormach, (Probably introduced 

 from Europe.) 



3. R, crispus, L, — E, Bat L 1998. 



Hab. Canada. Mrs Sheppard, Mrs Percival. 



5. R. domestlcus (Hartm.); foliis inferioribus e basi subcordata v. ovata obloiifris, 

 caulinis lanceolatis undulato-crispis subtus scabridis, verticillis subaphyllis congestis, 

 sepalis int. demum cordatis v. suborbiculari-cordatis obtusiusculis integerrimis crenu- 

 latisve omnibus nudis. Cham, et Schlecht, in LinncBa, v. 3. p. 60. Reichenh. Iconoyr^ Bat. 

 t, 345 (excellent). Bong, Veg, de Sitcha, p, 43. Hook, et Arn, in Bot, of Beech, Voy, p. 

 129. — R. aquaticusj 3. Wahh — ^. nanus, purpurascens. 



Hab. Marshes of the Saskatchawan, to the Rocky Mountains. Drummond |3, Arctic Sea-coast. Dr 



Richardson. Unalaschka. Chamisso, Sitcha. Bongard. Kotzebue's Sound. Beechey,—1\\\'i> quite 

 agrees with ray European specimens of the species from Podolia, with others from Greenland, and with the 

 figure of Reichenbach. Dr Richardson's specimens are very dwarf, about a span high, and much tinged 

 with purple. 



6. R, salicifoUus ( Weinm.) ; foliis caulinis lanceolatis acuminatis planiusculis, verticillis 

 infimis foliolosis reliquis aphyllis approximatis, floribus diclinis monoicis, sepalis int. 

 demum oblongo-ovatis obtusiusculis integerrimis, 1 (vel 2) granulifero. — /?. sepalis int. 

 demum omnibus granuliferis. Bot. Zeit, 1821, p, 28. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncca^ 3. p. 

 60. Bong. Veget. de Sitcha^ p. 43. Hook, et Arn, in Bot, Beech, Voy, p, 157. — S. verti- 

 cillatus. Rich, App. p, 11, (vix L.) — R. pallidus. Bigel, (in Herb, nostr,) 



Hab. Lake Winipeg, to Great Bear Lake and Mackenzie River. Columbia Rirer. Dr Scouler. Sitclia. 

 Bongard, Newfoundland. Miss Brenton. — I believe the true R, verticillatus to be an inhabitant only of the 



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