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styles 3 ; leaves long, 3 in. across, lanceolate-oval, 

 wavy ; inner sepal entire, cordate, not tubercled ; marshes ; 

 1-3 ft. (L.) 1043 



Pale-flowered Polygonum. Diam. J in. ; flowers in 

 cylindrical spikes ; sepals 5 ; petals ; stamens 5-6 ; 

 styles 2 ; leaves oblong-ovate, 5 in. ; stem much branched ; 

 nodes stout and swollen ; waste places ; 1-4 ft. (c.) 1023 



Spotted Persicaria. Diam. |- in. ; flowers in cylindrical 

 close spikes ; sepals 5 ; petals ; stamens 5-8 ; leaves 

 lanceolate, 2 in., almost sessile, usually with a dark spot ; 

 waste places; 1-2 ft. (v.c.) 1024 



Broad-leaved Dock. Diam. J in. ; leaves 8 in., oblong- 

 ovate, cordate, not pointed ; sepals 6 ; petals ; stamens 

 6 ; styles 3 ; inner sepals triangular, strongly toothed ; 

 waste places ; 2-3 ft. (v.c.) 1034 



Alpine Dock or Monk's Rhubarb. Diam. J in. ; leaves 

 10-20 in., broadly ovate-cordate, not pointed ; stem stout ; 

 leaf stalks long, stout ; sepals 6 ; petals ; stamens 6 ; 

 styles 3 ; roadsides ; 2 ft* (L.) 1044 



Minute. 



Blood-veined Dock. Diam. nearly J in. ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, 7-8 in., base cordate, veins crimson ; sepals 

 6 ; petals ; stamens 6 ; styles 3 ; stem slender ; hedges ; 

 1-3 ft. (c.) 1040 



Spreading Halberd-leaved Orache. Diam. -^ in. ; plant 

 deep green, sparingly mealy ; stem green, with reddish 

 stripes ; lower leaves opposite, rhombic, with 2 upward- 

 pointing lobes ; base wedge-shaped ; upper leaves nar- 

 rower, entire ; flowers in simple, interrupted spikes ; 

 stamen flowers : sepals 3-5, stamens 3-5 ; pistil flowers : 

 sepals 2, stamens 0, styles 2 ; waste places ; 1-3 ft. (c.) 1012 



Halberd-leaved Orache. Diam. ^ in. ; plant dark 

 green, mealy ; stem green, with reddish stripes ; lower 

 leaves opposite, rhombic, with 2 horizontal-spreading 

 pointed lobes ; upper lanceolate ; flowers densely panicled, 

 in simple spikes ; stamen flowers : sepals 3-5, stamens 3-5 ; 

 pistil flowers : sepals 2, stamens 0, styles 2 ; waste places ; 

 6-30 in. (c.) 1011 



