482 PLANT LIFK OF ALA HAM A. 



Rumex hastatulus lialdwin in KIL Sk. 1: lit;. 1H17. Knukimann's Sokuki,. 



liiime.r cniiilmininii Moiss. in !)(.'. Prodr. 14 MiL 1H5H. 



(Irav, Maii.tMl.d. \:i\l ("bap. FL IWtl. Coulter. Contr. Nat. HitIi. 2 : H7!l. 



Caroiiuiau and LmiiHiaiiian ureaH. Soiithoastcru New York and New .Jersey to 

 Florida, west to Texan and .Vrkansas, 



Alabama: Central I'rairie n-fjion to Coast i)lain. Dry sandy Noil. Montgomery, 

 Perry, and Marion countieH. Baldwin County, Point Clear. Not rrc<|uent. Annual. 



Type loeality : "Arid cultivatt'd land in the south ot<jleorgia and east Florida." 



Herb. (itoL Sur\ . Herb. Molir. 

 Rumex altissimus Wood. Classbook, 177. ia55. Palk 1k»ck. 



h'ttmcs britaniiiniH Meiss. in DC. Prodr. 14 : 17. ISfifi. Not L. 17.53. 



(Jrav, Man.cd. (i. i:i8. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : .380. 



Alloshfuian and Carolinian areas. Massachusetts west to Dakota, Nebraska, and 

 Kansius, south frmu Now .Jersey to Florida and Texas. 



Ai.aha.ma: C-'entral I'ranie region to Coast plain. Deep marshes, muddy borders of 

 streams, ditches. Autauya County, Prattville. Moliileand Hald win counties. May, 

 June; conunon. 



Type locality: "Marshy prairies and borders of streams, Indiana! " 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 

 Rumex verticillatus L. Sp. PL 1 : 334. 1753. Swamp Dock. 



Ell. .sk. 1:413. inter i?.6ri<annicH«. Gray, Man. ed. <i. 438. Chap. Fl. 385. Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:380. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Quebec, Ontario; New England west to Min- 

 nesota, south from Missouri to Texas, south from New York to Florida and Louisiana. 



Alaija.ma: Deep open swamps, ditches. Most freciucut in the Coast i)laiu. Two 

 and one-half to 3 feet high. Flowers April, May. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rumex crispus L. Sp. PL 1 : 335. 1753. Cuklem Dock. Yellow Dock, 



ElLSk. 1:414. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 438. Chap. FI. 385. Coulter. Contr. Nat. Herb, 

 2 : 379. 



Introduced from Europe, wide.spread over the continent from the Atlantic to the 

 Pacific slope, and from Canada to the (inlf. 



Alabama: Over the State. Damp grassy places, waste and cultivated ground. 

 May, .June; common everywhere. 



Economic uses: The root is the "yellow dock " or " Rumex" of the United States 

 Pharmacopo'ia. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Europae suculentis." 



Herb. Gcol. Surv. Herb. M( hr. 



Rumex britannicus L. Sp. PL 1 : 334. 17-53. Great Water Dock. 



Rumex orbiculatns Gray, Man, ed. 5, 420. 1867. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 438. 



Mexico. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario; New 

 England west to Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Dakota, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois, 

 south to New .Jersey and Georgia. 



Alabama : Mobile County, river swamjjs. .July; rare. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. * 



Rumex sanguineus L. Sp. PL 1 : 3o4. 1753. 



Ell. Sk 1: 413 Gray, Man. ed. 6, 438. 



The form with greenish veins (var. riritZis Smith in Trelease, Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 3: 

 90. 1892). 



EtltOPE. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. 



Alabama: Tuscaloosa County (E. A. >^mith). Sparingly naturalized. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Mrginia." (But ])robably native in Europe.) 



lierb. Mohr. 



Rumex pulcher L. Sp. PL 1 : 336. 17.53. Sleni>er Dock. 



Ell. Sk. 1:413. Chap. Fl. 386. 

 Meditekijaxean Euroi>e. 

 Carolinian and Louisianian areas. 



