482 PLANT LIFE OF AIABAMA. 



Rumex hastatulus Baldwin in Ell. Sk. 1 : 416. 1817. KNCJKI.MAXX'S SORKKL. 



Rumex engelmannii Meiss. in DC. Prodr. 14 : 64. 1856. 



Gray, Man. eel. 6, 439. Chap. Fl. 386. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 379. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southeastern New York and New .Jersey to 

 Florida,, west to Texas and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Dry sandy soil. Montgomery, 

 Perry, and Marion counties. Baldwin County, Point Clear. Not frequent. Annual. 



Type locality: "Arid cultivated land in the south of Georgia and east Florida. 1 



Herb . Geol. Sur v . Herb . Mohr. 



Rumex altissimus Wood, Classbook, 477. 1855. PALE DOCK. 



Rumex britannicus Meiss. in DC. Prodr. 14 : 47. 1856. Not L. 1753. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 438. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 380. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Massachusetts west to Dakota, Nebraska, and 

 Kansas, south from New Jersey to Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA : Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Deep marshes, muddy borders of 

 streams, ditches. Autauga County", Prattville. Mobile and Baldwin counties. May, 

 June; common. 



Type locality : " Marshy prairies and borders of streams, Indiana ! v 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rumex verticillatus L. Sp. PL 1 : 334. 1753. SWAMP DOCK. 



Ell. Sk. 1 :413, inter R. britannicus. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 438. Chap. Fl. 385. Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 380. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Quebec, Ontario; New England west to Min- 

 nesota, south from Missouri to Texas, south from New York to Florida and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Deep open swamps, ditches. Most frequent in the Coast plain. Two 

 and one-half to 3 feet high. Flowers April, May. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rumex crispus L. Sp. PL 1 : 335. 1753. CURLED DOCK. YELLOW DOCK. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 414. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 438. Chap. Fl. 385. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:379. 



Introduced from Europe, widespread over the continent from the Atlantic to the 

 Pacific slope, and from Canada to the Gulf. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Damp grassy places, waste and cultivated ground. 

 May, June ; common everywhere. 



Economic uses: The root is the " yellow dock " or " Rumex" of the United States 

 Pharmacopoeia. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Europae suculentis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rumex britannicus L. Sp. PL 1 : 334. 1753. GREAT WATER DOCK. 



Rumex orbiculatus Gray, Man. ed. 5, 420. 1867. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 438. 



MEXICO. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario; New 

 England west to Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Dakota, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois, 

 south to New Jersey and Georgia. 



ALABAMA : Mobile County, river swamps. July ; rare. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rumex sanguineus L. Sp. PL 1 : 334. 1753. 



Ell. Sk 1: 413 Gray, Man. ed. 6, 438. 



The form with greenish veins (V&T. viridis Smith in Trelease, Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 3: 

 90. 1892). 



EUROPE. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. 



ALABAMA: Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith). Sparingly naturalized. 



Type locality: 4< Hab. in Virginia." (But probably native in Europe.) 



Herb. Mohr. 



Rumex pulcher L. Sp. PL 1 : 336. 1753. SLENDER DOCK. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 413. Chap. Fl. 386. 

 MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE. 

 Carolinian and Louisianian areas. 



