312 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



(259) Rumex. DOCK. 



* Leaves never hastate at the base, sometimes obtusely auricled. 

 t Inner perianth-segments entire. 

 { Segments cordate-ovate. 



B. crispus : stem 2-3 feet high, with few branches ; leaves 

 long narrow, waved or crisped ; whorls of flowers crowded in 

 a long narrow panicle, one of the segments of the fruiting 

 perianth bearing an oblong coloured tubercle or grain. 

 Roadsides and waste places. Fl. June to August. 



JJ Segments ovate, not cordate. 



B. Hydrolapathum : stem 3-5 feet high, slightly branched ; 

 leaves long, lanceolate, pointed; panicle long, dense, leafy at 

 the base, the branches scarcely spreading ; inner perianth- 

 segments ovate, entire or scarcely toothed, with a large oblong 

 tubercle on all three. Edges of streams, pools, and ditches. 

 Fl. July, August. 



B. conglomeratus : stem 2-3 feet high ; leaves cordate- 

 oblong, pointed ; panicle with spreading branches and distant 

 whorls; inner perianth-segments narrow-ovate, equal, each 

 with an oblong tubercle. Waste places. Fl. June to August. 



B. sanguineus : stem two feet high, branched : leaves lan- 

 ceolate, cordate at the base; panicle leafy at the base, with 

 stiff, slender, spreading branches, the whorls of flowers dis- 

 tinct ; inner perianth-segments narrow, entire or scarcely- 

 toothed, one with a large tubercle. Roadsides and waste 

 places. Fl. June to August. 



ft Inner perianth-segments toothed. 



B. obtusifolius : stem 2-3 feet high, slightly branched ; 

 leaves cordate-oblong, obtuse; whorls of flowers distant; 

 inner segments of the perianth bordered below the middle by 



