186 THE BHTTBAKB FAMILY. 



HABITATS AND LOCALITIES. 

 1. Great Wateb Dock — {Rumex HydroUipathum.) 

 Stream and pondsides, rare. Near Rostheme Mere ; Stakehill, 

 and elsewhere about Middleton (Mr. John Turner) ; not uncommon 

 about Boothstown, beyond Worsley. (J. E.) Fl. July, August. 

 E. R. XIX. 210-t (as R. aqudticus). 

 The largest of our native docks, growing from three to five feet high, and with 

 the lower leaves sometimes eighteen inches long. 



2. Ceisp-leaved Dock — [Rumex crlspus.) 

 Roadsides and waste places, very common. Fl. June, July. 

 Curtis, i. 92 ; E. B. xxviii. 1998. 



3. Changeable Dock — [Rumex sanguineus.) 

 Two states of this plant occur, one with green veins to the leaves, 

 very commonly on ditch-banks and in shady places ; the other with- 

 veins of a rich crimson colour, very rarely. The latter sprang up in 

 abimdance in a ploughed field close to Withenshaw Hall, in the 

 autumn of 1858. It has been found also in Bredbury Wood, near 

 Hyde ; and at Culcheth, near Warrington. Fl. July. 



E. B. xxii. 15r'3. 



4. Shabp-leaved Dock — [Rumex aciiius.) 

 Ditch-banks and shady places, frequent. Fl. July. 

 Curds, i. 166 ; E. B. xi. 724. 



5. Common Broad-leaveb Dock — [Rumex obtusifoUus.) 

 Roadsides and waste places, especially where moist, very common. 

 Fl. July. 



Curtis, i. 167 ; E. B. xxviii. 1998 ; Baxter, vi. 454. 

 This is the species of dock so useful for remo^'ing the pain of nettle stings 

 when the juice of the leaves is rubbed in as an antidote. 



6. Meadow Sorbel — [Riimex Acetdsa.) 

 Meadows and pastures, very common ; often among mowing grass, 

 giving the surface a fine crimson tinge, like the red light of the setting 

 sun upon the sea. Fl. May, June. 



E. B. ii. 127. 

 This is the plant commonly called '• green-sauce," well known by the grateful 

 acidity of its leaves and stalks. 



