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Shady pastures, woods, and road-sides, a. In an old orchard at 

 Friar's-walk near Cork ; Mr. J. Drummond. 0. Not unfrequent. 



4. R. acutus, Linn. Sharp Dock. Enlarged sepals oblong, 

 obscurely toothed, all tubercled ; leaves oblong, heart-shaped, 

 pointed ; clusters leafy. Br. Fl. 1. p. 169. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 

 192. E. Bot. t. 724. 



Moist deep soils and in watery places, common. Fl. July. % . 

 Stem two feet high, somewhat purplish, and reclining. Leaf-stalks 

 flat. Branches lax, elongated. 



5. R. pulcher, Linn. Fiddle Dock. Enlarged sepals ovate, 

 deeply toothed, one of them principally bearing a tubercle ; 

 root-leaves panduriform ; stem spreading. Br. Fl. 1. p. 169. 

 E. Fl. v. ii. p. 193. E. Bot. t. 1576. 



Pastures and way-sides. About Friar's-walk, Cork ; Mr. J. Drum- 

 mond. Near Dunleary, &c. Fl. Aug. %. Stems very straggling. 

 Whorls distant, on slender leafy branches. 



6. R. obtusifolius, Linn. Broad-leaved Dock. Enlarged 

 sepals ovate, toothed at the base, one principally bearing a tu- 

 bercle; root-leaves ovate-cordate; stem roughish. Br.FL\. 

 p. 169. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 192. E. Bot. -1999. 



Way-sides and waste places, common. Fl. July. %. Two or three 

 feet high. Whorls rather close, somewhat leafy. Distinguishable by 

 its broad, obtuse, radical leaves, which are generally crisped at the 

 margin. Stems scabrous between the elevated lines or ridges. 



7. R. maritimus, Linn. Golden Dock. Enlarged sepals 

 deltoid, fringed with setaceous teeth, and bearing grains; 

 whorls much crowded ; leaves linear-lanceolate. Br. Fl. 1. p. 

 169. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 193. E. Bot. t. 723. 



Marshes, principally near the sea. In a marsh near Clay Castle* 

 Youghal ; Mr. J. Drummond. Fl. July, Aug. 1. Well distin- 

 guished from all the preceding species by its narrow leaves, excessively 

 crowded flowers, bright, almost orange-coloured, enlarged sepals, and 

 their setaceous teeth. 



8. R. palustris, Sm. Yellow Marsh Dock. Enlarged sepals 

 lanceolate, with short setaceous teeth near the base, and bearing 

 tubercles ; whorls remote ; leaves linear-lanceolate. Br. FL 1. 

 p. 170. E. FL v. ii. p. 194. E. Bot. t. 1932. 



Marshy grounds near Youghal, along with the last ; Mr. J. Drum- 

 mond. Fl. July. 1. Stem two feet high, stout, sometimes reddish. 

 Leaves stalked, crisped at the edges, radical ones large, the rest small 

 and narrow. Whorls tawny yellow ; upper half of the sepals entire ; 

 lower with three rather short teeth. Mr. Moore remarks, that there 

 must be some mistake in supposing that this only grows remote from the 

 sea, as he finds it plentifully on the Derry coast, between Portstewart 

 and Portrush, where the spray of the sea washes over it. 



