HEXANDRIA TRIGYNIA. Rumex. 103 



Low meadows., zvatery places. 



Per. July. 



Clusters spreading, lengthened out. Seed small. 



R. obtusifolius. Broad-leaved D. Permanent petals 

 toothed ; one principally tubercled. Root leaves egg- . 

 heart-shaped, blunt. Stem roughish. E. B. 1999. 

 C. 3. 22. Lapathum sylvestre, folio minus acuto. 

 G. E. 388. 



Waste ground, pastures, road-sides. 



Per. July. 



Stems two or three f., uj^right, branched, leafy, furrowed. Ls. 

 root-ones very large : stem-ones much narrower, more pointed, 

 shorter stalked, somewhat notched, slightly curled. Fl. clusters 

 rather close with few, sometimes not any leaves. Fruit-valves 

 entire at the upper part, three sharp, prominent teeth, on each 

 side, near the base. 

 Eaten by fallow deer with avidity, close to the root. Destroyed 



by frequent mowing. 



Discrim. Its broad, large, root Is. 



R. pulcher. Fiddle D. Permanent petals toothed ; 

 one principally grain-bearing. Root leaves somewhat 

 violin-shaped. Stem smooth, straggling. E. B. ]576. 



Pastures, church-yards, dry, waste ground. Near the Observatory. 



Christ Church Meadow. Dr. Williams, Professor of Bot., 



0.xford. 

 Per. August. 

 Ls. root-ones on long stalks ; stem-ones small, narrow, undivided. 



Fl. in distant, small clusters, green, hanging down ; anth. 



yellow. Fruit-valves deeply, sharply toothed ; grain oblong, 



reddish. 



R. maritimus. Golden D. Enlarged petals permanent, 

 triangular, tuberculated, fringed with taper teeth. 

 Leaves linear. Whorls crowded. E. B. 7^5. 



Marshes.** Otmoor, on the side of the road to Oddington. 

 Professor Daubeny, and ^.r. 



Per. July, August. 



Floicers in close, leafy whorls, finally confluent (thronging toge- 

 ther,) like the whole plant, assuming a rich, tawny-golden hue. 

 Ls. stalked, acute, flat. 



R. Hydroldpatlmm. Great Water D. Permanent 

 petals egg-shaped-oblong, nearly entire, unequally 

 grain-bearing. Leaves spear-shaped, tapering, acute 

 at each end. Whorls rather crowded, almost entirely 

 leafless. R. aquaticus. E. B. 2104. 



Marsh land, ditches, stagnant loaters, margins of great rivers. 



