HEXAND. — TUIGYK. 113 



tate, and each graniferous. Are these sufficient marks to distinguish 

 it from R. sangit'uieus:^ 



5.. R. pnlclier {Fiddle Dock), valves oblong toothed one of 

 them principally bearing a grain, radical leaves panduriforni, 

 stem smooth diff\l^e. IJg/i(f. p. 1S9. E. B. t. 1576. 



Hab. Vl'ay-sides in dry places, Sibhald. Fl. July. %. 



Stems very straggling. Whorls small, distant, leafy. 



(). R. ol'iufijo/ius {Irond leaved Dock), valves ovate toothed 

 one principaUv bearing a grain, radical leaves ovato-cordate 

 obtuse, stem roughish. Ligktf. p. 189. E. B. t. 1999. 



Hab. Way-tiides and waste places, frequent. Fl. July. 11. 



Two to three feet high. Whorls ratlier close, somewhat leafy. Di- 

 stinguished by its broad and large radical leaves, which are generally 

 crisped at the margin. Stem scabrous between the elevated lines 

 which foi-m the strife. 



7. R. vianliinus [golden Dock), valves deltoid fringed witli se- 

 taceous teeth-bearing grains, leaves linear-lanceolate, whorls 

 much crowded. E. B. 1.120. 



IIab. Marshes principally near the sea. Fl. July, Aug. 1/. 



\\'ell distingaished from every preceding species by its narrow leaves, 

 and singularly setaceo-spinous, excessively crowded, and bright 

 coloin-ed valves. Lightfoot's li. maritlmus seems rather to belong 

 to the next species. 



8. R. paliistris {yellow Mnrsh Dock), valves lanceolate with 

 short setaceous teeth near the base bearing grains, leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, whorls distant. Light/', p. \SS {R. maritimus). 

 E.B. t. 1932. 



Hab. Marshes. Angus-shire, G.Don. Fl. July. "U . 



I fear that future observations will prove this to be but a var. of 



H. muritimus, with more distant whorls of fewer flower.s, less bright 



coloured valves, with shorter setaceous teeth. 



** Flvwers dicecious, inner enlarged valves of the perianth without 

 any tuherele or grain. {Acetosce or Sorrels.) 



9. R. Aceinsa {common Sorrel), leaves oblongo-saglttate their 

 segments bent towards the petiole. LightJ. p.\9l. E. B. 

 t. 127. 



Hab. Meadows and pastures, common. H.June. 1/. 

 One foot to two feel high. J alves large, purplish, cordate, obtuse, mem- 

 branous, reticulated with veins j without grains in my specimens. 



10. R. ucelosella {Sheep's Sorrel), leaves lanceolato- hastate 

 their acute lobes spreading of even recurved. LighiJ'. p. 191. 

 E. B.t. 1G7^. 



Hab. Dry pastures, frequent. Fl. May — July, li • 

 V'ariable in size, which is from 2 — lU inches, and in the leaves- for 

 sometimes onlv the radical ones are of the shape above described, 

 at other times many of the cauline ones are so too 3 the rest are 



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