432 POLYGONACEAE 



Top. Bot. 359. Syme, E. B. viii. 46, t. 1215, Nyman, 634. Fl. Oxf. 253. 

 Native. Pascual, &c. Pastures, waysides, waste places, low meadows, 

 orchards, &c. Very coninion and widely distributed. P. May- 

 September. 

 First rect)rd. Common about Blewbury and Hampstead Norris, 

 J. Loxisley in EusseWs Cut. 1839. With Aecidium rubellum, Pers., on 

 it about the banks of the Isis, Baxt Phaen. Bot. 454, 1843. 

 R. obtusifolius X B. sanguitieus, var. xiridis = x R. Dufftii, occuri*ed near 

 South Hiiiksey. 



R. obtusifolius x conglomeratus has been seen near Blackwater. 

 R. obtusifolius occurs in all the bordering counties. 



K. acutus, Linn. Sp. PI. 335 (1753), and Index Kewensis. 



R. pratensis, Mert. & Koch, Deut«ch. Fl. ii. 609. R. obtusifolius x 



R. crispus. 

 Top. Bot. 358. Syme, E. B. viii. 47, t. 1216. Nyman, 634. Fl. 



Oxf. 254. 

 Viatical. Hedgesides, fields, and bushy places. Local and rather 



rare, but probably often overlooked. P. June-August. 

 First recorded by Mr. W. T. Dyer in Rep. of Bot. Exch. Club, 1867. 



Probably Mrs. Russell's record of '■ R. acutus, Ham Marsh,' in the 



Newbury Catalogue of 1839, and the plant included by Mr. T. B. 



Flower in Robertson's Env. of Reading , meant R. conglomeratus, which 



is the R. acutus of Sm. Fl. Brit. 



1. Isis. Near Cumnor. 



2. Ock. R. pratensis, Boar's Hill, W. T. Dyer, I.e. 



3. Pang. Near Hermitage. 



i. Kennet. Beedon. Winterbourne, W. M. Rogers. Near Enborne. 



Near Silchester. 

 5. Loddon. Sonning, Tufnail. Shinfield Green. Risely. Near 



Sunninghill. 

 R. acutus is recorded for all the bordering counties except Bucks, 

 but I have seen it in that county near Stoke Poges. 



K.. crispus, Linn. Sp. PI. 335 (1753). Common, Dock. 



Top. Bot. 358. Syme, E. B. viii. 49, t. 1218. Nyman. 633. Fl. 



Oxf. 252. 

 Native. Agrestal. Cultivated ground, pastures, waste ground, river- 

 sides, &c. Abundant thro^^gh the county, and our commonest 

 species of Dock. P. May ^October. 

 First record. R. crispus. Curled Dock, Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 



Var. TRIGRANULATUS, Syme (Boswell), Kep. of Bot. Exch. Club 

 (1872-4) 37. 



2. Ock. Grandpont. Abingdon. Wantage. Near Cothill. 

 R. crispus occurs abundantly in all the bordering counties. 



