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S. "Near the mouth of the river Parret"; Mr. T. B. 

 Flower. " On the sea-coast near the mouth of the 

 Parret, Burnham, and Steart. J. C. Collins, MSS." 

 New B. G. Vm.— X. 



POLYGONACEiE. 

 RUMEX, L. 



658. R. maritimuS, L. Golden Dock. 



Native ; in marshes towards the southern limit of the 



district ; very rare, 

 S. " Wedmore, Somersetshire ; June ] 843. G. H. K. 



Thivaites." Herb. Stephens. "Mouth of the Parret; 



Steart Marsh. J. C. Collins. MSS." N. B. G. 



Frequent on the peat moors still farther south. 



vii. vni. 



659. R. conglomeratus, Murr. 



Native ; by the sides of ditches, and in damp vyaste places. 

 Common and generally distributed. VI. — VIII, 



660. R. sanguineus, L, Bloody -veined Dock. 



Native. Very rare. It has been known to grow for 

 many years on both banks of the Avon below Bristol : 

 on the Gloucestershire side under Durdham Down ; and 

 in Somersetshire about half a mile below the Suspension 

 Bridge. Specimens were gathered at the latter station 

 in 1881. Mr. Flower says he has also seen it on 

 Brandon Hill, but not of late years. "In a wood at 

 Kelston " ; Fl. Bathon. Koadside at Hanham ; Mr. 

 W. E. Green. 



p. R. viridis, Sibth, R. nemorosus, Schrad. 



Native ; in woods and by roadsides, frequent. 



