482 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Rumezx hastatulus Baldwin in Ell, Sk. 1: 416. 1817. ENGELMANN’S SORREL. 
Rumex engelmannii Meiss. in DC. Prodr. 14:64. 1856. { 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,439. Chap. Fl. 386. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 379. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southeastern New York and New Jersey to 
Florida, west to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Dry sandy soil. Montgomery, 
Perry, and Marion counties. Baldwin County, Point Clear. Not frequent. Annual, 
Type locality: ‘Arid cultivated land in the south of Georgia and east Florida.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rumezx altissimus Wood, Classbook, 477. 1855. Pate Dock. 
Rumex britannicus Meiss. in DC. Prodr. 14:47. 1856. Not L. 1753. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 438. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 380. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Massachusetts west to Dakota, Nebraska, and 
Kansas, south from New Jersey to Florida and Texas. é 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Deep marshes, muddy borders of 
streams, ditches. Autauga County, Prattville. Mobile and Baldwin counties. May, 
June; common. 
Type locality: ‘‘Marshy prairies and borders of streams, Indiana!” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rumex verticillatus L. Sp. Pl. 1:334. 1753. Swamp Dock. 
Ell. Sk. 1:413, inter R. britannicus. Gray, Man. ed. 6,438. Chap. Fl. 385. Coulter, 
Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 380. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Quebec, Ontario; New England west to Min- 
nesota, south from Missouri to Texas, south from New York to Florida and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Deep open swamps, ditches. Most frequent in the Coast plain. Two 
and one-half to 3 feet high. Flowers April, May. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rumex crispus L. Sp. P].1:335. 1753. CURLED Dock. YELLow Dock. 
ae Sk. 1:414. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 438. Chap. F1.385. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:379. 
Introduced from Europe, widespread over the continent from the Atlantic to the 
Pacific slope, and from Canada to the Gulf. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Damp grassy places, waste and cultivated ground. 
May, June; common everywhere. 
Economic uses: The root is the ‘‘ yellow dock” or ‘‘Rumex” of the United States 
Pharmacopveia. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Europae suculentis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mehr. . 
Rumex britannicus L. Sp. Pl. 1:334. 1753. GREAT WaTER Dock. 
Rumex orbiculatus Gray, Man. ed.5, 420. 1867. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 438. 
MEXxIco. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario; New 
England west to Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Dakota, Kansas, Missouri , and Illinois, 
south to New Jersey and Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mobile County, river swamps. July; rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rumex sanguineus L. Sp. Pl. 1: 334. 1753. 
Ell. Sk 1: 413 Gray, Man. ed. 6, 438. 
er ae with greenish veins (var. viridis Smith in Trelease, Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 3: 
EUROPE, 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. 
ALABAMA: Tuscaloosa County (#. A. Smith). Sparingly naturalized. 
iiss oe ‘‘Hab. in Virginia.” (But probably native in Europe.) 
erb. Mohr. 
Rumex pulcher L. Sp. Pl. 1:336. 1753. SLENDER Dock. 
Ell. Sk.1:413. Chap. F1. 386. 
MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. 
