BUCKWHEAT FAMILY. 55! 
Dock. (Fig. 1309.) 
11. Rumex crispus L. Curled 
Bs, 
Rume.x crispus I,. Sp. Pl. 335. 1753- 
Perennial, glabrous, dark green; stem rather 
slender, erect, simple or branched above, grooved, 
1°-314° tall. Leaves crisped and wavy-margined, 
the lower oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 6’—12’ long, 
long-petioled, the upper narrowly oblong or lan- 
ceolate, 3-6’ long, short-petioled, all cordate or 
obtuse at the base, more or less papillose; panicle 
rather open; racemes simple or compound, by the 
elongation of the pedicels apparently continuous 
in fruit; flowers rather loosely whorled; calyx dark 
green; fruiting pedicels 14-2 times as long as the 
calyx-wings, jointed near the base; wings cordate, 
1%4’/-2’ long, truncate or notched at base, erose- 
dentate, or nearly entire, each bearing a tubercle; 
achene 1’ long, dark brown, shining. 
In fields and waste places nearly throughout the 
United States and southern British America. Often 
a troublesome weed. Naturalized from Europe. 
Native also of Asia. June-Aug. 
12. Rumex conglomeratus Murr. Clus- 
tered or Smaller Green Dock. (Fig. 1310.) 
R. conglomeratus Murr. Prodr. Fl, Goett. 52. 1770. 
Perennial, glabrous, pale green; stem slender, 
erect, simple or branched, grooved, 1°-3° tall. 
- Leaves ovate, oblong or lanceolate, 1/-5’ long, some 
of them slightly fiddle-shaped, acute at the apex, 
obtuse at the base, crenulate and slightly crisped 
on the margins, petioled; panicle loose and open in 
fruit; racemes leafy, slender, ascending, much in- 
terrupted; flowers loosely whorled; calyx small, 
green; pedicels shorter than or equalling the calyx- 
wings, jointed near the base; wings ovate, fiddle- 
shaped, 1'%4’’ long, toothed near the base, each 
bearing a large oblong callosity; achene less than 
1’ long, pointed, red, smooth, shining, its faces 
convex. 
In waste places, Virginia to South Carolina. Also in 
California. Naturalized from Europe. May-July. 
13. Rumex sanguineus I. Bloody or 
Red-veined Dock. (Fig. 1311.) 
Rumex sanguineus I,. Sp. Pl. 334. 1753. 
Perennial, glabrous, stem _ slender, erect, 
grooved, simple or branched, 1°-3° high. Leaves 
oblong, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, 1/-6/ 
long, the lower long-petioled, cordate at the base, 
acute or obtuse at the apex, usually red-veined, 
the upper short-petioled; panicle loose; racemes 
slender, spreading, not leafy, interrupted; flowers 
loosely whorled; calyx very small; pedicels slen- 
der, 1-1% times as long as the calyx-wings, 
jointed at the base; wings oblong, 114’ long, one 
of them bearing a spherical-oblong callosity; 
achene less than 1’ long, sharp-pointed, dark 
red, smooth, shining, its faces convex. 
In waste places and ballast, southern New York to 
Virginia and Louisiana. Uncommon. Naturalized 
or adventive from Europe. May-Aug. 
