211 212 



slender erect or nearly so, simple or narrowed at the base or cordate, acute 



branched, 2-4 dm hi glabrous; lvs at tne apex, tne margins undulate and 



narrowl- hastate, petioled, uppermost somewhat crisped; panicle simple or 



Ivs somewhat entire; panicle narrow, branched; racemes erect, Ify bracted; 



naked, becoming- reddish; ex g, I mm whorls dense, usually rather distant; 



long; sta exserted; ak granular, ex- pedicels equaling or somewhat exceed- 



ceeding the persistent ex. Eu. ing the inner ex-lobes, jointed at the 



Abrams, Fl LA 1ZO. base; inner ex-lobes oblong, 2 mm 



Davidson, Erythea 1:99. LA Co. long, with 1-3 bristles on each margin, 



RUMEX CONGLOMERATUS Mun. each t>earing_ an ovoid or oblong grain; 



Sts slender, mostly clustered, 3-4 ft ** about 1-5 mm long, pointed, r'ish. 



hi; Ivs ovate or mostly oblong, slight- Y : uw\ PTTTOH-^-R T 



ly undulate, 4 i long, reduced above; U L. V ' H ULC Q ? B It -tu 



fig branches slender, whorls remote, Sts erect, 5-8 dm hi, with rigid di- 



with a lanceolate or ovate If subtend- varicately spreading branches; Ivs 



ing every whorl or almost naked; ped- scabrous beneath, the basal oblong or 



icels slender, about as long as the fr. lanceolate, acute, cordate .or obtuse at 



tumidly jointed near the base and gen- base; fls on short stout rigid Pedicels: 



iculate; inner fr'ing sep oblong %-!% wings ovate, 2 3 mm long, with 4-ft 



li long, callous grains mostly 3, and Yl ^y awned teem on each side. Eu. 



smooth. Eu. Common naturalized Abrams, ^ LA 120. Sparingly m- 



wppri fJreen dork troduced Inglewood. 



lantfl Or\!z Island (Greene) RUMEX SALICIFOLIUS Wein. 



Ahr?ma Fl LA 121 Glabrous and somewhat glaucous; 



Parish Zoe 1-126 sts ascending or spreading, simple or 



McClatchie, Erythea 2:78, Pasadena, branched, grooved, flexuous, 4-8 dm 



^ PT?T =IPTT<* Tinn lons ' lvs mostlv lanceolate, acute or 



R1 J M F? S^fr 3 ir u 11 * f rt acuminate, petioled, not undulate or 



St 2-3 ft hi, smooth channelled, from crisp ed; racemes deAse, interrupted be- 



a v fusiform rt; lvs bluish-green, crisp- low p in ' fr; fls in dense ' c i ust ers; wings 



ed, lanceolate, acute 4 i long, reduced 2 mm long, undulate or subdentate, 



above; fls rather losely whorled; c* each bearing a large ovoid grain,; ak 



green; pedicels twice as long as fr, 2 mm long dark r. 



tumidly jointed near the base; inner Abrams Fl LA 120 



fr'ing sep broadly ovate, scarcely cor- Weinm/Fl 1821 1:28 (1821). Cal. 



date, 2-2y 2 n i on g, ail with smooth Coville! El 1821 1:28 (1821). Cal. 



callous grains. Common naturalized A common weed from the Atlantic to 



weed. The rt is used in medicine for the Pacific; Alaska to Mexico. Cruz; Ro- 



cutaneous diseases. sa:4Ha U 76. 



Parish, Zoe 1:126. POLYGONUM HYDROPIPEROIDES MX. 



McClatchie. Erythea, 2:78 Cat. sts ra ther stout, 3-10 dm hi, erect or 



Davidson, Erythea 1:99, LA Co. decumbent, clothed with short appres- 



Pacific Rural Press 38:511. se d hairs; lvs lanceolate, obtuse; sheath 



L, Sp PI 1:335 (IS 53). Eu. cylindric, loose, ciliate; racemes pan- 



Coville. CNH 4:191. icled> terminal, erect, narrow, more or 



Abrams, F [ LA 1Z1 - less interrupted, 3-7 cm long; ex w or 



Europe; widely naturalized in Cal. w 'ish, often conspicuous; sta 8; sty 3- 



RUMEX HYMENO SEPAL, US Torres^. parted to below the middle; ak 3- 



"Sandy soils from El Paso to the angled, ovoid or oblong, 2-2.5 mm long-, 



canyons of the Rio Grande; Mr-Ap. Rt smooth. 



w, st 2-3 ft hi; 'foliage intensely bit- Frequent along streams, especially 



ter;' Thurber. Lower lvs a ft or more toward the coast, 



long and 2-3 in width, somewhat un- Michx, Fl 1:239 (1803). 



dulate on the margin: upper ones near- Type locality: "in Pa, Va, Carolina." 



ly flat: panicle a ft long, fls crowded; Southern California (Parish 1872). 



inner sep of the frutiferous ex nearly Abrams, Fl LA 122. 



V 2 i long, roundish ovate, strongly cor- po^YGAlVUM INCARNATUM Ell. 



date, of a very thin texture often rose- Ann glabrous or nearly so; st eject, 



colored, slightly reticulate-veined simple or branched above, more or less 



tw * ice m as lo 8 i. a fr - e ach ^ nmm - * * swollen at the nodes, 8-12 dm hi; lvs 



Torr bot Mexican bound. 177-8. lanceolate, 6-18 cm long, acuminate at 



(1 5 ")- both ends, short petioled, sparingly 



Davidson PI LA Co 7. punctate and ciliate; sheaths loose, 



Coville, CNH 4:191. l ong . ; sometimes ciliate when young, 



Abrams, i LA il. _,_._. , becoming naked; racemes panicled, 



"Canaigre." Utah; N M; Cal; Qumtin! droop ing, 4-10 cm long, linear; ex w 



The tubers rich m tannin; useful m cur- or pink> sm; sta 6; sty 2 -parted to.near 



ing sores on horses. the base; ak ovoid-oblong, lenticular, 



RUMEX MARITIMUS Linn. smooth and shining. 



Europe; Asia; Wash, to Mexico and the Abrams, Fl LA 122. Marshes about 



Atlantic: Cruz. LA. 



RUMEX PERSICARIOIDES L. Davidson, Erythea 1:99 LA Co. 



Ann, pubescent, pale g; st erect, sim- POLYGONUM LAPATHIFOLIUM L. 



pie or branched, 2-6 dm hi, sometimes St simple or much branched, erect 



spreading, very Ify; Ivs lanceolate or or ascending, swollen at the nodes, 3-12 



oblone, 2 dm long or usually less, dm hi, the peduncles and petioles glan- 



