POLTGONACE^. 159 



S. " Near the mouth of the river Parret " ; Mr. T. B. 

 Flower. " On the sea-coast near the mouth of the 

 Parret, Burnham, and Steart. J. C. Collins, MSS." 



New B. a. vm. x. 



POLYGONACE^. 

 RUMEX, L. 



658. R. maritimus, L. Golden Dock. 



Native ; in marshes towards the southern limit of the 



district ; very rare. 

 S. " Wedmore, Somersetshire ; June 1 843. G. H. K. 



Thwaites." Herb. Stephens. "Mouth of the Parret; 



Steart Marsh. J. C. Collins, MSS." N. B. G. 



Frequent on the peat moors still farther south. 



VII. VIII. 



659. R. conglomeratus, Murr. 



Native ; by the sides of ditches, and in damp waste places. 

 Common and generally distributed. VI. VHI. 



660. R. sangllineUS, L. Bloody-veined Dock. 



Native. Very rare. It has been known to grow for 

 many years on both banks of the Avon below Bristol : 

 on the Gloucestershire side under Durdham Down; and 

 in Somersetshire about half a mile below the Suspension 

 Bridge. Specimens were gathered at the latter station 

 in 1881. Mr. Flower says he has also seen it Ofl 

 Brandon Hill, but not of late years. " In a wood at 

 Kelston"; Fl. Bathon. Roadside at Hanham; Mr.. 

 W. E. Green. 



ft. R. viridis, Sibth, R, nemorosus, Schrad. 



Native ; in woods and by roadsides, frequent. 



