300 



STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Fig. 39 (40). 



Sheep Sorrel. Red-topped Sorrel. Field Sorrel. Rumcx Acelosella L. An erect, sour, dioecious 

 annual or perennial, spreading by running rootstccks, 10-30 cm. high; leaves mostly narrowly 

 hastate, usually widest abo\e the middle: flowers in erect, interrupted racemes. 



Widely distributed throughout most of North America. Mostly introduced from Europe. In many 

 places a common weed, though it is very scarce in cultivated land of the college farm. 



