125 BUCK WHEATS. 
Habitat, Ditches and ponds. 
Quality. Root acrid, bitter, astrin- 
gent, antiscorbutic. 
Uses. Scurvy, skin diseases, rheu- 
matism ; root a dentifrice, 
and an astringent gargle. 
3. R. Acetosa Linneeus. — 
(Common Sorret.) Fig. 
183. 
_ Leaves sagittate or hastate, 
veiny; flowers dicecious; 
inner sepals roundish, 
cordate, not calliferous, 
with a deflexed scale at 
the base. 
_ Habitat. Woods and pastures. 
Quality. Acid, astringent, slightly 
nutritive, refrigerant. : 
Uses. A pot-herb and salad; cool- 
ing drinks. 
Rueum. Linneus. 
Sepals 6, withering. Sta- 
mens. Stigmas discoid. 
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