Rumex. polyqone^. 1015 



(Fleidch!) et australis rBourg!), Creta? (Sieb!), Rhodi (Bourg!), Svrite litto- 

 ralis (Bi! Gaill!). 



/3. luicmatus. — Valvariim spiiiee validiores nnciiiat;i3 — R. acu- 

 leatus L. Sp. 481. Formis intermediis ad typiim Iransit. 



Hab. in Greta (Linn.), Palestina (Boiss !). 



Ar. Geogr. Hispania, Lusitani.n, Gallia australis, Italia, Africa Ijorealis, 

 insulse Azoricae et Canarienses. 



Sect. II. Acetosa. 



22. R. scutatus (L. Sp. 480) pereiinis polygamus glaiicesccns 

 glaber vel papillosus, radice repenle, caiilibiis nLimerosis asccndenti- 

 bus flexnosis ramosis superne pluries dicholomis in raceinos eloii- 

 gatos laxos abeuntibus, foliis carnosulis inferiorib;is longe petiolatis 

 infimis cordalis ovalis obtusis, intermediis et superioribiis breviter 

 petiolatis hastato-panduriformibus acutis vel trilobis sinu profundo 

 excisis lobo medio rhombeo-ovato transverse sublatiore lateralil)us 

 angustis, verlicillaslris 2-4-floris remolis, pedicellis tiliformibus 

 versus medium articulatis, valvis membranaceis basi cordatis ecal- 

 Josis vix reticulali^ achenio longioribus et latioribus ^, lc. Blackvv. 

 t. 506. — li. hastifollus M.B. Taur. Cauc. I, p. 290. — R. pubescens 

 C. KochLinn. XXII, p. 211. 



Hab. in lapido^is saepius mobilibus, ad torrentes siccos regionis subalpinae 

 et alpinre 5-6000', Graecia in Taygeto (Pichl!), Olyrnpo Thessalo (Heldr! 

 Orph!), Olympus Bithynu» (Pichl!),Lydia in Tmolo adBozdagh (Bal!), montes 

 Pisidiae et Lycaoniae (Heldr!), Cappadociai (BaU), Taurus Cilicicus (Ky!), 

 Pontus Lazicus et Armenia (Bal! Ky!), Caucasus et Transcaucasia (M.B., 

 Rupr! Hohen!), Persia borealis in moiite Elurus (Ky. 110!). 



Fornia hastifolia foliis profunde trilobis m Europa occidentali aeque ac in 

 Oriente occurrit. 



Ar. Geogr. Gallia centralis, Hispania borealis, Belgium, Germania austr^lis, 

 Helvetia, Italia, Dalmatia, regio Danubialis, Africa borealis. 



23. R. hastatus (Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. p. 74) polygamus 

 fruticosus ramosissimus ramis novellis tenuibus striatis, foliis parvis 

 glaucescentibus petiolatis aliis rhombeis acutis aliis haslato-trilohis 

 lobis linearibus lateralibus divergentibus, racemis paniculatis laxi- 

 floris. pedicellis infra medium arlicnlatis, valvis mediocribiis reni- 

 formi-orbiculatis oblusis vel retusis reticulatis basi sinu angusto 

 cordatis et minute calliferis 6- 



Hab. m regni Cabulici alpmis (Griff!), 



Caules inferne lignosi validi, rarm annutini pedales et longiores, foliorum 

 lacinia; 1-1 '/i liueas laiae intermedia 6-S lineas louga. E" atfinitate R. suffru- 

 ticosi Gay Hispauici. 



Ar. Geogr. .Jugum Hinmlaicum occidentale. 



24. R. Acetosa (L. Sp. I, 481 exl. var.") perennis viridis glaber 

 vel inferne puberulus, radicis iibris tenuibus, caulibus ereclis foliosis 



