— 37 — 



centia anipla, ramosa, subcopiose foliata. Pedicelli valvis duplo longiores, paulo supra 

 basim articulati. Valvae majusculae, variae magnitudinis, adultae 5 — 6 mm longae, 5 ram 

 latae, cordato-triangulares, in apice triangulari integrae, ceterum integrae v. eroso-denticu- 

 latae, una callo crasso, alterae callis minoribus praeditae v. ecallosae. Saepius sterilis. 



A jB. odontocarpo bene distinguitur habitu elato, inflorescentia ampla, valvis insigniter 

 magnitudine variantibus, saepe integris vel brevissime denticulatis, foliis basalibus latioribus. 

 R. patientla differt valvarum majorum forma, infiorescentia minus foliata. 



Austria. Prope Moosbrunn Austriae inferioris inter parentes (Rechinger!). 



Tab. 179. 3 — 5. R. pannonicus Rech. (orig.). 3. Inilorescentiae fructiferae pars. 

 4. Folium caulinum. 5. Fructus (-f ). 



** Valvae distincte serrulatae vel inciso dentatae, dentibus conspicuis saepe subulatis 

 T. setaceis. Spec. 33 — 50. Excipiantur: R. oitusifolii formae quaedam. 



32. Rumex obtusifolius L., Spec. pl., 335 (1753); FI. dan., t. 1335; Reich., Fl. Germ., 

 570; Mert. Koch, Fl. Deutschl, II, 610; Koch, Syn., ed. II, 705; Beck, Fl. Nied.-Ost., 319; 

 Murb. in Bot. Not. (1899), 30. — Lapathum obtusifolium Moench, Meth., 356 (1794). — 

 L. ohtusatum Montad., Fl. Jur. sept., 265 (1856). — Confer: Gren. Godr., Fl. franc, III, 36 

 (1855); Trimen in Jouni. of bot. XI (1873), 129; Kern. in Ost. bot. Zeit. (1875), 354; Hausskn. 

 in Mitt. bot. Ver. Thtir. (1891), 32; Rech. in Ost. bot. Zeit. (1892), 50. — Radix multiceps 

 fusca, intus luteola. Caules angulati, saepe papillosi, glabrescentes. Folia basalia longe 

 petiolata, late elliptica v. ovata, basi cordata, in apice rotundata, obtusissima; caulina sensim 

 brevius petiolata, e basi cordata v. contracta ovato-oblonga, oljtusa, superiora acuminata, 

 summa lanceolata, utrincjue attenuata, omnia saepe papillosa, glabrescentia. Inflorescentiae 

 rami erecti, inferiores foliis fulcrati; verticilli miJtiflori, inferiores distantes foliati, superiores 

 approximati, aphylli. Pedicelli infra mediam geniculati, valvis 2 — 2-5 X longiores, 

 graciles. Valvae oblongae v. ovali-triangulares, in apice hiante saepe protractae, 4 — 5 mm 

 longae rarius minores, conspicue longiores cjuam latae, in margine integrae, basim versus 

 inconspicue v. longius 2 — 4-dentatae, omnes callos oblongos tumidos dimidiam valvarum 

 aecjuantes ferentes. Nuces parvulae, apice acutae, basi contractae, 2 — 2"5 mm longae. 



Variat: 



a. Silvestris Koch, Syn. FI. Germ., 614 (1837); Fries, Nov., ed. II, 99; Trimen in 

 Journ. of bot., XI (1873), 131; Murb. in Bot. Not. (1899), 131. — Lapathum silvestre Lam., 

 FI. Fr., III, 4 (1778). — B. sylvestris WaUr., Sched., 161, (1822) et in Linnaea XIV, 567; 

 Schult., Syst., VII, 1406; Hayne, Arzneigew., XIII, t. 1; Meisn. in' DC, Prodr., XIV 1, 

 50. — R. laevigatus Willd. in Spreng., Syst., H, 159(1825). — i?. acMiws Kit. in Linnaea, XXXII, 

 366 non L. = B. oitusifoUus v. transiens Simk. in Math. term. Kozl., XVI (1881), 119. — E. 

 obtusifolius subspec. silvester Rech. in Ost. bot. Zeit. (1892), 51; f. micrantha microdonta 

 Hausskn. in Mitt. bot. Ver. Thiir., (1891) 32; /^. typicus Beck, FI. Nied.-Ust., 319. — 

 Panicula composita, racemis plerumque erectis. Valvulae 4 — 5 mm longae, 3 — 3'5 mm latae, 

 rarius minores 2-5 — 3 mm longae (= b. microcarpus Bluff et Fingerh., Comp., ed. II, 629; 

 Doll, Rhein. FI., 304), angustae, oblongo-triangulares, in apicem protractae, plurimum tenues 

 et obsolete nervosae, integrae v. in margine dentibus paucis, brevibus, triangularibus saepe 

 inconspicuis obsitae, omnes callo oblongo praeditae. Folia radicalia ovato-oblonga, subacuta 

 rarius obtusa, caulina oblonga v. linearia. 



