Pl.ex.mon. 15. POLYGONiE. 37. Lapathum. 275 



LapadiUin viilgare, folio obfuso, Rati Syn, 141,2. 

 Lapathum sylvestre folio minus acute, Ger. em. 388, 3, 

 Lapathum sylvestre vulgatiiis, Park. 1225. 

 Rumex obtusifolins, Lin. S. P. 478. 

 Lapathum obtusifolium, Moench Meth. 256. 

 Lapathum sylvestre a,Lamarck Fl. Ft. 3,4. 



Road-sides and ruins ; perennial ; July and August. 

 Root yellowish ; radical leaves very large, exceeding 

 grateful to deer. 



8. Lapathum pulchrum. Handsome dock. 

 Radical leaves pandurseform ; upper leaves c^Aang; stem 



divaricating, smooth; racemes leafy; valves deltoid, veined, 

 toothed, tubercled. 



Lapathum pulchrum Bononiense sinuatum, Rail Syn, 142,8. 

 Rumex pulcher, Lin. S. P. 477. 

 Lapathum sinuatum, Lamarck Fl. Ft, 3, 5. 

 Fiddle dock. 



Barren sandy places and roadsides; perennial; August. 

 Stem procumbent; hranches long, inclined; leaves smooth. 



9. Lapathum aureum. Golden dock. 

 Leaves linear; racemes spikelike, whirls crowded; valves 



deltoid, tubercled, 4-toothed ; teeth bristlelike, longer than 

 the valves. 



Lapathum folio acute flore aureo, Raii Syn. 142, 9. 

 Rumex maritimus, Lin. S. P. 478. 

 Rumex aureus, TVith. Bot. Arr, 356. 

 Lapathum minus, Lamarck Fl. Fr. 3, 4. 

 Rumex Anthoxanthum, Salisb, Prod. 52. 



Bogs and watery places ; perennial ; July and August. 

 jS^em furrowed, rough ; leaves ^aX, slender; flowers goldieii 

 yellow. 



10. Lapathum palustre. Marsh dock. 

 Leaves linear, lanceolate; racemes interrupted; whirls 



distant ; valves lanceolate, tuberculate, toothed at the bot- 

 totn ; teeth bristlelike, shorter than the valves. 



Lapathum aHrenm, Billen in Raii Syn. 142, 10. 

 Hydrolapathum minus, Ger. em. 389, 2 ; Park, 1225. 

 Rumex maritimus /8, Huds. Fl. Angl. 155. 

 Rumex maritimus, Curtis Fl. Land, 

 Rumex palustris, Smith Fl, Brit. 394. 

 Golden dock. 



Bogs and damp places ; perennial ; July and August. 

 Stem rough ; radical leaves large, acute ; whirls leafy. 

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