436. Mr. Curier’s Account of indigenous Vegetables, 
in bloflom, by means of the farina fecundans. being T 
‘upon the grain, which prevents the ears from filling. -~ 
| TRIGTNIA. 
RUMEX. Linn. Gen. Plant.. 407. 
© Rumex floribus hermaphroditis s x valvulis. integris gran mil 
s. lanceolatis undulatis. acutis Syft... Nat. 
CURLED DOCK: + Ia: fields... July. 
Rumex floribus. hermaphroditis > valvulis dentatis nudis, 
panos planis reflexis. Syft. Nat. 
‘NARROW DOCK, About barns and in fields. July. 
"Fhe roots of both thefe fpecies are fomewhat cathartic. The 
- feeds are faid to have been given with great advantage in the 
-dyfentery. The frefh roots bruifed and made i into an ointment, 
or decottion, cure the itch. 
. Rumex foribus merde v valvulis integerrimis nudis 
foliis cordatis glabris acutis. Syít. Nat. 
WATER DOCK. In muddy bottom brooks. Not common. July.. 
= The Indians ufed this root with great fuccefs in eleanfing. 
foul ulcers. It is faid they endeavoured to- keep it a fecret from. 
the Europeans. Dr. Withering fays, he faw an ill-conditioned: 
-ulcer in the mouth, which had deftroyed the palate, cured by 
Wafhing the. mouth with a deco&ion of this root, and drink- 
ing a {mall quantity of the fame decoction daily. 
. Not having opportunity to examine this plant fince Dr. 
 Witbering's Botany came into my hands, the circumftances he 
; mentions, refpecting the American and Britifh fpecies, have not 
been particularly attended to: At the time it was examined, it ' 
- appeared to cotrefpond with the fpecific characters of Linnaus, 
which are here given. — | 
Rumex 
