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known by the name of Dock, and under that designation I 
have no doubt my readers are familiar with their large 
handsome leaves. It is only a practised botanist that will 
be able to distinguish the species by their flowers ; I shall 
therefore describe the most common by their leaves. 
Rumex Hypronapatuum. Great Water Dock. Found in 
ditches and on the sides of rivers. Leaves rather narrow, 
but a foot and a half long, this being the largest of the 
Docks, from three to five feet high. 
Rumex Crispus. Cwrled Dock. Way sides, and near 
houses. Leaves long, all waved and crisped at the margin ; 
two to three feet high. 
RuMEXx PRATENSIS. Meadow Dock. Road-sides and marshy 
places. Leaves broader and less curled than the last. 
Rumex acutus. Sharp Dock. Moist soils and watery 
places. Leaves oblong, heart-shaped, and pointed. 
Rumex puLcHer. fiddle Dock. Pastures and way-sides. 
Leaves shaped like a fiddle. 
Rumex optustrotius. Broad-leaved Boon Very common 
by way-sides, and in waste places. ‘Two to three feet high, 
distinguished by its broad and obtuse lower leaves, which 
are generally crisped at the edge. 
Rumex maritimus. Golden Dock. Marshes, principally 
