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4. FAGOPYRUM. Perianth 5-parted. Stam. 8. Styles 3. 

 Nut trigonous ; embryo central j cotyledons large, leaflike, 

 contort -plicate. 



1. RUMEX Linn. Docks. 

 * Fl. perfect. Herbage not acid. Lapathum Tourn. 



1. JR. maritimus (L.); enlarged pet. rhomboidal narrow, each 

 with a lanceolate entire point a prominent narrow oblong tubercle 

 and upon each side 2 setaceous teeth as long as the pet., whorls 

 crowded many-flowered leafy, 1. all linear-lanceolate. E.B. 725. 

 Nut very small ; faces elliptical. L. equally narrowed at both 

 ends. Marshes principally near the sea. P. or B. VII. VIII. 



[#. limosus (Thuil.) ; enlarged pet. ovate-oblong on each side 

 2 setaceous teeth, whorls distant, 1. all linear-lanceolate narrowed 

 at both ends. JR. palustris Koch, St. 73. 2. Gold Dock Pet. 

 t. 2. f. /. ( A plant having this character should be looked for. 

 See Bot. Gaz. i. 296.] 



2. R. palustris (Sm.) ; enlarged pet. ovate-oblong, each with a 

 lanceolate entire point a prominent narrow oblong tubercle and 

 upon each side 2 or 3 setaceous teeth shorter than the pet., whorls 

 distant many-flowered leafy, root-1. narrowly lanceolate rounded 

 or slightly decurrent below. E. B. 1932. Nut 3 times as large 

 as that of R. maritimus ; faces ovate. Upper 1. linear-lanceolate, 

 narrowed below. Marshy places, rare. P. VII. IX. E. 



3. R. conglomerate (Murr.) ; enlarged pet. linear-oblong ob- 

 tuse, each bearing a large tubercle and entire or obscurely toothed 

 at the base, whorls distant leafy, 1. oblong pointed, lower 1. cordate 

 or rounded at the base. E. B. 724. R. acutus Sm. R. glome- 

 ratus R. I. f. 552. Nut ovate, acute. Enlarged pet. broadest 

 near the base ; the sides nearly parallel. Unopened anth. white. 

 Branches mostly spreading. Nearly every whorl is accompanied 

 by a leaf. Wet places. P. VI. VIII. 



4. R. sanguineus (L.) ; enlarged pet. narrowly oblong blunt en- 

 tire only one bearing a tubercle, whorls distant leafless, 1. ovate - 

 lanceolate, lower 1. cordate or rounded at the base. E. B. 1533. 

 Nut ovate- elliptical, acute. Enlarged pet. broadest above their 

 middle. A very few of the lower whorls are often each accom- 

 panied by a leaf. Veins of the 1. bright red. Branches ascend- 

 ing. ft. R. viridis (Sibth.); veins of the 1. green. Unopened 

 anth. pale yellow. R. nemorosus Schrad. Woody places, rare. 

 ^. Woods and road- sides, frequent. P. VI. VIII. 



5. JR. pulcher (L.); enlarged pet. triangular-ovate netted with 

 raised nerves toothed below one principally tubercled, branches 

 spreading, whorls mostly leafy, lower I. Jiddleshaped or cordate- 



