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It. obtmifoUus, L. Broad Dock. Vacant ground, Kiloran, 

 August. Fallow deer eat this species with avidity, eating 

 it close to the root, so that it is very rare to see a Dock 

 growing in a deer park. W. 



R. obtusifolius, sub. sp. R. Friesii, Gren. and Godr. 

 Kiloran. September. 



R. crispus, L. Curled Dock. Copag. Common on the 

 shore, growing down to the tide-mark. August. 



R. crispus, L., var. littoreus, Hardy. Waste places. 

 September. 



R. Acetosa, L. Sorrel. Samh ; Sealbhag. Abundant in 

 moist situations. Used locally for taking rust out of linen, 

 and employed in the process of dyeing with indigo. July. 

 The leaves, which are powerfully acid, are eaten in sauces 

 and salads. W. Slochd-na-Sealbhag, Balanahard. 



R. Acetosella, L. Sheep's Sorrel. Ruanaidh, C. Dry 

 hillocks. August. 



EL:AGNACE,E (the Oleaster family) 



A small order of trees and shrubs, represented in Britain 

 by one species. Buffalo Berries, used for preserves, are 

 produced by a spiny North American shrub. 



Hippoplice, L. 



H. Rhamnoides, L. Sea Buckthorn. Planted for screen- 

 ing young plantations, and now spreading (by suckers). 



The Common Mistletoe (Druidhlus, I.) is the only British 

 representative of the next order, Loranthaceae, a family of 

 half-succulent evergreens which are parasitical on trees. 

 The Mistletoe grows on the Apple, Thorn, Oak, Lime, etc., 

 in the south of England. It was regarded with great 

 veneration by the Druids, who believed it would cure all 

 manner of diseases. When found growing on the Oak, it 

 was, with great ceremony, cut by a Druid clothed in a 



