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Imports and prices.—During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1903, 
the imports ef taraxacum or dandelion root into the United States 
amounted to 115,522 pounds. The price per pound ranges from 4 to 6 
cents. 
DOCKS. 
Rumex species. 
Several species of docks possess medicinal properties. Among 
these are the yellow dock (Rumew crispus L.), the broad-leaved dock 
(22. obtusifolius L.), and the yellow-rooted water dock (2. britannica 
L.), all more or less abundant throughout the United States. Other 
species are also recognized as possessing value in medicine, but those 
above mentioned are the kinds generally collected. 
Yellow Dock. 
Rumex crispus L. 
Other common names.—Curled dock, narrow dock, sour dock. (Fig. 5.) 
Range and habitat—The species most commonly employed in 
medicine is the yellow dock, a perennial introduced from Europe and 
Fic. 5.—Yellow dock (Rumex crispus L.). First year’s growth. 
now found throughout the United States as a troublesome and very 
persistent weed in cultivated as well as waste ground, among rubbish 
heaps, and along roadsides. 
Description—The deep, spindle-shaped root sends up an erect, 
angular, and furrowed stem about 2 to 4 feet high, leafy, branching 
near the top, and bearing numerous elongated clusters of inconspicuous 
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