RUMEX 431 



Top. Bot. 359. Sj'me, E. B. viii. 41, t. 1211 (bad fig., if indeed correct). 



Nyman, 634. Fl. Oxf, 253. 

 Native. Sylvestral, pascual. Woods, thickets, hedges, waysides. 



Locally common. P. June -September. 

 First record of the aggregate species. E. sanguineus, Dodk Blood- 

 wort, Dr. Noehden, Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 

 The true Linnean plant, which has the stem and veins of the leaves 

 blood-red from their first appearance, is tlie var. genuimis of Koch, 

 Syn. Fl. Germ. 613 (1837) 5 '^^^ the var. coloratus of Gren. et Godr. Fl. 

 Fr. iii. 38 of R. nemorosus, I have not seen in the county : it is true 

 that Mr. J. Lousley records it as 'Before some of the doorways and in 

 the gardens at Blewbnry' in Russell's Cat. 1839, but the identity is 

 somewhat doubtful, even, if the plant were wild. 



Our common plant is the var. viridis, Sibth. Fl. Oxf. 118 (1794) = the 

 R. nemorosus, Schrad. in Willd, Enum. Hort. Berol. 397, which is kept 

 as a distinct species in Index Kewensis. Syme says, and I can 

 corroborate the foct, that var. genuinus comes true from seed, but he 

 states that the difference is too slight to constitute a species. 



1. Isis. Wytham. Appleton. Cumnor. 



2. Ock. South Hinkse3^ Bagley. Marcham. Radley. Witten- 



ham. Blewbury. Aston Tirrel. 



3. Pang. Sulham, Tufnail. Curridge. Oare. Pangbourn. Bucklebury. 



4. Kennet. Gi-eenham. Snelsmore. Newbury. Padworth. Alder- 



maston. Hungerford, &c. 



5. Loddon. Shinfield, Tufnail. Early. Swinley. Windsor Park. 



Binfield. Ruscombe. 

 The green-veined Dock occurs in all the bordering counties. 



"R. pulcher, Linn. Sp. PI. 336 (1753^ Fiddle Dock. 



Laxiathum pulchrum Bononiense simiatum, J. Bauhin, Hist. 2, 988. 

 Top. Bot. 360. Syme, E. B. viii. 44, t. 1214. Nyman, 634. Fl. Oxf. 254. 

 Native. Viatical. Roadsides, churchyards, old turfy pastures, &c. 



Very local. P. June-October. 

 First recorded by Mr. W. Pamplin in PhijL 157, 1&54. 



1. Isis. Buckland. In Faringdon Churchyard. 



2. Ock. Cothill. Frilford. Shippon. Marcham. Cholsey. Between 



Marcham and Frilford. 



3. Pang. Streatley, Pamjjlin. 



5. Loddon. Between Remenham Farm and the River, Stanfon. 



Near Shurlock Row. 

 R. pulcher occurs in all the bordering counties. (I have seen it in 

 Buckinghamshire at Denshanger.) 



R. obtusifolius, Linn. Sp. PI. 335 (1753). Broad-leaved Dock. 

 R. Friesii, Gren. et Godr. Fl. Fr. iii. 36. 



