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black, granular nut; stamens eight; styles three. Distribution, 

 Europe and North America; habitat, waysides and waste places, 

 rare. Flowers greenish-white ; August. 



A third species fP. acre) was found by me in marshes near Pros- 

 pect, but I have not the specimen by me, neither has it been con- 

 firmed ; it is a slender plant with narrow lanceolate leaves, both 

 they and the calyx sprinkled with brownish dots. It is a native of 

 Jamaica and Southern United States. 



II. RUMEX. 



Serhaeeous plants ; sepals six, irregular, the three inner enlarging and 

 hearing tubercles on their back ; stamens six ; nut triangular. 



1. :R. obtusifolius (Dock). Root perennial, stem stout, erect, an- 

 gular, two to three feet high ; leaves petioled, lower six to ten 

 inches long and half as wide, oblong-ovate, cordate at base, often 

 red-veined, obtuse, margin wavy, upper oblong-lanceolate ; panicle 

 leafy, branched, whorls distant, flower- stalks rather shorter than 

 the fruiting sepals, the latter prominently veined and bearing sev- 

 eral spreading, spiny teeth on the margin, the upper sepal bearing 

 also a prominent tubercle. Distribution, Europe and North Amer- 

 ica ; habitat, a common wayside weed. Flowers green, sepals 

 quarter-inch long in fruit ; January to March. 



2. ^. sanguineus (Dock). Root perennial, stem slender, erect, 

 reddish, two to three feet high ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, fiddle- 

 shaped, six to ten inches long, cordate at base and usually contracted 

 above it, veins blood-red, margin slightly wavy ; panicle leafy at 

 the base, whorls distant, many-flowered; fruiting sepals oblong, 

 blunt, without teeth, the upper bearing a prominent tubercle. 

 Distribution, habitat, &c., as in former species. 



3. It. crispus (Curly Dock). Root perennial, stem erect, furrowed, 

 branching above, two to three feet high ; lower leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, margins much waved or crisp, tapering or rounded at 

 the base, six to ten inches long, two inches wide, upper leaves 

 smaller, lanceolate, acute; panicle leafy below, branches erect, 

 whorls distant, many-flowered, flower-stalks slender, one-quarter 

 to one-third of an inch long; fruiting sepals broadly cordate, 

 veined, entire or slightly toothed towards the base, the upper bear- 

 ing a broad, smooth tubercle, the others bearing a smaller one. 

 Distribution, habitat, &c., as in the former species. 



III. COCCOLOBA. 



Trees with large, broad, leathery leaves. 



1. G. mifera (Seaside Grape). A tree ten to twenty feet high, 

 with smooth, regular, spreading branches ; sheath smooth, reddish- 

 brown, surrounSng the stem ; leaves smooth, shining, cordate or- 

 bicular, three to six inches long and often broader, shortly petioled ; 

 flowers on slender- jointed stalks, forming simple drooping racemes ; 

 calyx five-partite, stamens eight, styles three; berries purplish, 

 size of grapes. Distribution, West Indies ; habitat, sandy sea- 

 shores, common. Flowers small, whitish. 



