RXJMEX. 281 



4. Fagopyrum. Perianth 5-parted. ' Stam. 8. Styles 3. 

 Nut trigonous ; embryo central ; cotyledons large, leajiike, 

 contort-plicate. 



1. RxjMEX ii'wn. Docks. 

 * Fl. perfect. Herbage not acid. Lapathum Toum. 



1. R. maritimus (L.) ; enlarged pet. rhomboidal narrow, each 

 with a lanceolate entire point a prominent narrow oblong tubercle 

 and upon each side 2 setaceous teeth as long as the pet., whorls 

 crowded many-flowered leafy, 1. all linear-lanceolate. — E.B. 725. 

 — Nut very small; faces elliptical. L. equally narrowed at both 

 ends. — Marshes principally near the sea. P. or B. VII. VIII. 



[JR. limosus (Thuil.) ; enlarged pet. ovate-oblong on each side 

 2 setaceous teeth, whorls distant, 1. all linear-lanceolate narrowed 

 at both ends. R. palustris Koch, St. 73. 2. Gold Dock Pet. 

 t. 2. f. 7. A plant having this character should be looked for. 

 See Bot. Gaz. i. 296.] 



2. R. palustris (Sm.) ; enlarged pet. ovate-oblong, each with a 

 lanceolate entire point a prominent narrow oblong tubercle and 

 upon each side 2 or 3 setaceous teeth shorter than the pet., whorls 

 distant many-flowered leafy, root-1. narrowly lanceolate rounded 

 or slightly decurrent below. — B. B. 1932. — Nut 3 times as large 

 as that of R. maritimus ; faces ovate. Upper 1. linear-lanceolate, 

 narrowed below. — Marshy places, rare. P. VII. — IX. E. 



3. R. conglomei'aius (Murr.); enlarged pet. linear-oblong ob- 

 tuse, each bearing a large tubercle and entire or obscurely toothed 

 at the base, whorls distant leafy, 1. oblong pointed, lower 1. cordate 

 or rounded at the base. — E. B. 724. R. acutus Sm. R. glome- 

 ratus R. I. f. 652. — Nut ovate, acute. Enlarged pet. broadest 

 near the base ; the sides nearly parallel. Unopened anth. white. 

 Branches mostly spreading. Nearly every whorl is accompanied 

 by a leaf.— Wet places. P. VI.— VIII. 



4. R. sanguineus (L.) ; enlarged pet. narrowly oblong blunt en- 

 tire only one bearing a tubercle, whorls distant leafless, 1. ovate- 

 lanceolate, lower 1. cordate or rounded at the base. — E. B. 1633. 

 — Nut ovate- elliptical, acute. Enlarged pet. broadest above their 

 middle. A very few of the lower whorls are often each accom- 

 panied by a leaf. Veins of the 1. bright red. Branches ascend- 

 ing. — j3. R. viridis (Sibth.) ; veins of the 1. green. Unopened 

 anth. pale yellow. R. nemorosus Schrad. — Woody places, rare. 

 0. Woods and road-sides, frequent. P. VI. — VIII. 



5. R. pulcher (h.) ; enlarged pet. triangular-ovate netted with 

 raised nerves toothed below one principally tubercled, branches 

 spreading, whorls mostly leafy, lower I. fiddleshaped or cordate- 



