Rumex.| POLYGONACEA (Wright). 475. 
Drége, Zwei Pfl. Docwmente, 90, 129, 151, 158; Bolus & Wolley-Dod 
in Trans. 8S. Afr. Phil. Soe. xiv. 312. R. luxurians, Linn. f. Suppl. 
212, not Mant. 64. R. Burchellii, Campderé, Monogr. Rum. 135. 
Var. 8, angustilobus (Meisn. in Linnea, xiv. 499); leaves about as long as 
the petioles, hastate- or sagittate-triangular, lobes lanceolate or triangular- 
oblong, acuminate, lateral shorter than the terminal, Drége, Zwei PA. Documente, 
125, 135, 
VaR. y, megalotys (Meisn. in Linnma, xiv. 499); leaves shorter than the 
petiole, hastate-triangular, lobes lanceolate or oblong-triangular, lateral divaricate, 
usually longer and narrower than the terminal. Drége, Zwei Pf. Documente, 90, 
Var. 6, cordifolius (Meisn. in Linnea, xiv. 499); leaves shorter than the 
petiole, lower cordate, ovate or suborbicular, obtuse or subacute, auricles obtuse 
or rotundate. 
Soutn Arrica : without locality, Harvey, 540! 
Coast Recion: George Div.; Longkloof, mountains near the souree of the 
Keurbooms River, Burchell, 5086 ! Uitenhage Div.; Uitenhage, Alexander Prior ! 
Port Elizabeth Div.; near Port Elizabeth, under 100 ft., Drége! Albany Div. ; 
Grahamstown, 2000 ft., MacOwan, 198! and Herb. Austr.-Afr. 1944! Var. B: 
Knysna Div.; Bosch River, under 100 ft., Drége! Alexandria Div. ; between 
Hoffmanns Kloof and Drie Fontein, 1000-2000 ft., Drége! 
CENTRAL Recton: Somerset Div. ; foot of the Bosch Berg, MacOwan, 198 ! 
Graaff Reinet Div. ; along the Sundays River, near Monkey Ford, Burchell, 2890! 
near Graaff Reinet, 2500 ft., Bolus, 667 ! 
Western Recton: Var. y: Little Namaqualand ; Silver Fontein, near Ookiep, 
2000-3000 ft., Drége! Var. 5: Little Namaqualand; Silver Fontein, 2500 ft., 
Drége ex Meisner, 
Kaanari Reaion : Orange River Colony ; Harrismith, Sankey, 251! and with- 
out precise locality, Cooper, 1073! Transvaal, near Lydenburg, Wilms, 1279! 
Vlakfontein, near Amersfoort, Burtt-Dary, 4041! Sabie, Burtt-Davy, 1546! 
Pretoria, Miss Leendertz, 604! Shilouvane, Junod, 646! and without precise 
locality, Nelson, 5! 
Eastern Recton; Pondoland ; between St. Johns River and Umsikaba River, 
1000-2000 ft., Drége! Natal ; Durban, Peddie! Inanda, Wood, 96 ! Umlazi River 
Heights, under 500 ft., Drége, and without precise locality, Gerrard, 300! Swazi- 
land ; on grassy slopes at Hlatikulu, Miss Stewart, 97 ! 
6. R. Acetosa (Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 337); perennial, glabrous ; 
stem 1-2 ft. high, simple; radical leaves sagittate, 3-6 in. long, 
on long petioles, glaucous beneath, upper sessile ; panicle leafless, 
with erect branches; flowers diccious; whorls dense; pedicels 
jointed below the middle ; inner perianth-segments in fruit orbicular, 
quite entire, warted at the base. Drége, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 44 ; 
Meisn. in Linnea, xiv. 496, and in DC, Prodr. xiv. 64; Engl. Bot. 
ed. 3, t. 1223. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Oldenburg, 372! — 
Coast Reaion : Stockenstrom Div. ; Katberg, 3000-4000 ft., Drege! 
Also in the North Temperate and Arctic regions. 
7. R. Acetosella (Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 338) ; stem herbaceous, erect, 
simple or sparingly branched, 3 in. to 1 ft. high ; leaves hastate, 
more rarely oblong, up to 1} in. long but usually much smaller, 
terminal lobe much larger than the lateral and up to 8 lin. wide, 
quite entire, petioled ; panicle terminal, leafless, with erect branches; 
