FLORA 1, EMBLEMS. 231 



PATIENCE. 



Patience Dock. — Rumex patientia. 



" Aux malheurex, la patience." 



Malotuvre. 



*' Have patience." 



This emblem is derived from the specific 

 name of the plant, which is also frequently 

 called monk's rhubarb, it being- often used by 

 them of old both as a pot-herb and a medici- 

 nal plant. Mortimer says, 



*' Patience, an herb, makes a good boiled salad." 



