240 POLTGONACE^. 



Curt. F. L. f. 3 * (except the dissected details, an excellent figure). 



Woods and shady places ; very rare ?. P. June — August. 



I. In an orchard in the lane from Harefield to Kuislip ; Blackst. Fasc. 50. 

 Pinner Hill; Hind. 

 IV. In the woods about Hamsted ; Merrett, 70. 

 VII. Among bushes at the bottom of Pond Street (Hampstead) ; Hill, 191. 



If this has no other characters but the trivial ones of blood-red stems 

 and leaf-veins, it grows in many places, notably in a brick-field on the 

 South Heath, Hampstead. All authors, however, seem to consider it a 

 garden escape, and not native (see Ger. em. 390, Bay Syn. ii. 66, 8yme 

 E. B. viii. 42). Linnaeus gives only ' Habitat in Virginia ' {8p. Plant. 

 476) ; and Withering says (ed. 2, ii. 370), ' It migrated from Virginia 

 to Hampstead.' It seems to have been formerly cultivated as a pot- 

 herb, and according to Boreau {Fl. du Centre de la Fra^ice, ii. p. 552) 

 is still grown in France, under the name of ' Sang de Dragon' 



First record: Merrett, 1666. 



578. R. pulclier, L. Fiddle Dock. 



Lapathum jpulchrum Bononiense sinuatum, J. B. (Merr., Budd., Eay). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 347 ; iii. 503. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1214. 

 Waste ground and roadsides ; rare. B. or P. July — September. 

 II. Koadside bet. Hampton and Hampton Court!, H. C. W. ; New B. G. 

 110. Near Teddington ! ; Newb. Hampton. Sunbury, in several 

 places. 



III. Twickenham Park, near the ry. bridge. Orleans Eoad, Twickenham, 



IV. Hampstead ; Irv. MSS. 



VII. [Common about London ; Merrett, 69, and Budd. MSS.^ [In St. 

 James his fields by Westminster; E. Cat. i. 188.] [In the upper 

 Moor-fields, and in the Teynter and Bunhill-fields ; Bat. Lund. 

 271, and Pet. Midd.] 

 First record : Merrett, 1666. 



579. R. obtusifolius, ' i.' Common Dock. 



Cyb. Br. ii. 345. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1215 (probably drawn from a 



Middlesex specimen). 

 Eoadsides, fields, and waste land ; very common. P. June — August. 

 Through all the districts. 

 VII. Common in London. Camden Terrace, Sowerby; Herb. Mus. Brit. 

 Green Park. Hyde Park. Gordon Square. Hampstead. Thames 

 Embankment. Lincoln's Inn. Hackney. Isle of Dogs, &c. 

 First record : Irvine, about 1830. 



580. R. pratensis, Mert. 4~ Koch. 



Cyb. Br, ii. 344. E. B. Supp. 2757, reproduced in Syme E. B. viii. 

 t, 1216 (drawn from a Middlesex specimen), 



* In some copies this is coloured as var. a, or even as R, congloineratus ; the copy 

 in the British Museum Reading-room is here referred to. 



