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240 HEXANDRIA. TETRAGYNIA.. 
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spreading, pale rose colour, undulated, obtuse, a little 
distinct solitary style, as inno other species of the 
nus, and 3 smoothish stigmas somewhat shorter than 
the style. a. 
fg A North American genus, with the exception of 7’. ob0- 
oe vatum, which grows also in Kamtschatka according to 
: Pallas. 
853. RUMEX. L. (Dock.) 
Calix 6-parted, persistent, the 3 interior di- 
_ visions petaloid, connivent. Seed 1, 3-sided, su- 
perior, naked. Stigmata multifid.’ 
Flowers paniculate, terminal or axillary, mostly fascicu- 
- Jated; in many species the petaloid segments are exter- 
nally glanduliferous. Some of the species are monoicous 
or dioicous. ec 
Srecies. 1. R. sanguineus. 2. crispus. $. verticillatus. 
: A, britannicus. 5. persicarioides. 6. crispatulus. 7. obtust~ 
*  folius. 8 aquaticus. 9. digynus, (Sorrel). 10. Acetosella 
_ + (Sheep’s sorrel). Introduced; abundantly naturalized. 
11. venosus. Pa. Flowers Hermaphrodite, valves very 
large, reniform-cordate, entire and without glands, red; 
leaves suboval-lanceolate, small. Has. Near the conflu- 
ence of the river Platte, on the sandy banks of the Mis- 
*  souri. Flowering in April. Stem scarcely a foot high- 
Flowers pendulous and fasciculated, valves about 5 lines 
wide. It differs sufficiently from 2. vesicarius by having 
the petaloid valves only large; it is also perennial. 
: — nearly twice the breadth of the calix. Germ 
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This extensive genus of more than 40 species is almost _ 
equally divided betwixt Europe and the temperate parts 
of Africa (Barbary, Egypt and the Cape of Good Hopes) 
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Orver IV-—TETRAGYNIA. 
354, SAURURUS. L. (Lizard’s-tail.) 
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Corolla none. Filaments and anthers 
vate. Capsules 4, each 1 or rarely 2-seeded, 
in an ament, or crowded spikes scales . 
