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2. E. oonglomeratus (Murr.) — Sharp-leaved Dock. 

 B. acutus (Linn.), Flor. Hib. 



Districts 123456789 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Fields, way-sides, and waste places ; common. Fl. June 

 to August. 



2. B. sanguineus (Linn.) — Blood-veined Dock. 

 Districts 12 3 45 6789 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°- Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British, inclining to English. 



Shady damp places ; frequent. Fl. June to August. 



Less abundant than E. conglomeratus, but widely distributed. 

 The form with red veins is rare, which may have been a 

 reason for the plant being thought less frequent than it 

 reaUy is. 



3. % B. puleher (Linn.) — Fiddle Dock. 

 District ____5 — — — ---- 

 Lat. 53°-54°. East of Ireland— Dublin only. 

 Type in Great Britain, English, 



Waste places and roadsides ; very rare, and always in 

 suspicious stations. Fl. July, August. 



5. Between Kingstown and Dalkey; Ir. Flor. Near 

 Dunleary, &o. ; Flor. Sib. Near Dunleary (now Kings- 

 town) ; Label in Herb., Machay. Sparingly at the foot of 

 walls near the harbour at Bullock ; A. G. M. 



Not now to be found at Friar's Walk, Cork, though said 

 to have been found there abundantly by Mr. Drummond (see 

 Machay Cat. Ir.). Mr. Carroll believes that one plant only 

 was found. 



4. B. obtusifolius (Linn.) — Broad-leaved Dock. 

 Districts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Damp meadows, waste places, &c. ; common. Fl. July 

 to September. 



