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Rumex alpinus, L. (Butter Dockin ; Monk's Rhubarb). 

 Alien. Cultivated as a pot-herb, and for wrapping round 

 butter to keep it cool. Occasionally half-wild. 



C. With Imperatoria by the roadside a mile from Mungrise- 

 dale towards Greystoke Park. — (Borrer.) Over Ullswater, 

 about homesteads. — (W. Hodgson.) Hayton Castle. — (Rev. 

 R. Wood.) 



L. Orchard at Swarthmoor Hall, Ulverstone. — (B.) 



947. Rumex obtusifolius, L. (Common Dock). Native. 

 British type. Range 1-2. Everywhere common in ditches 

 and by roadsides ; ascending to 500 yards at Hayes Water. 



948. Rumex nemorosus, Schrad. Native. British type. 

 Range 1. Woods and hedge-banks. Frequent in the low 

 country ; ascending to 250 yards in Lowther Woods and 

 Troutbeck Valley. 



Var. sanguineus is found occasionally in the Lamplugh 

 district. — (W. Hodgson.) 



948*. Rumex conglomerates, Murr. Native. British type. 

 Range 1. Mostly associated with the last, but at the Lakes 

 much less common. Plentiful in the west of Cumberland 

 about Aspatria and elsewhere. — (W. Hodgson.) 



Rumex pulcher, L. A plant gathered by Lawson 'between 

 the inn and smithy at Sir John Lowther's Newtown' is 

 referred to this species by Professor Babington, but I suspect 

 something else was really intended. 



951. Rumex Acetosa, L. (Sour Dockin; Common Sorrel). 

 Native. British type. Range 1-4. Common in grassy 

 places at all levels; ascending to 1000 yards on Helvellyn, 

 and very high also on Skiddaw, Scawfell Pike, and Grass- 



