fitriuix. 299 



Whorls mostly leafy, lower l.Jiddleahaped or cordate-oblong Mimt, 

 upper 1. lanceolate-acute, st. procumbent. — E. B. 1576. — St. 

 straggling. Whorls distant. Nuts ovate, acute. — Dry waste 

 places, local. B. ? VII.— IX. Fiddle-Bock. E. I. 



6. iJ. dbtuaifdliua (L. ?) ; enlarged pet. ovate- or oblong- trian- 

 gular blunt entire or toothed veined one or more tubercled, lower 

 I. cordate-ovate^ohlong blunt, upper 1. oblong or lanceolate, 

 branches ascending. — u. R. Friesii (G. & G.) ; enlarged pet. 

 sinuate-dentate below with subulate spreading teeth and an 

 oblong entire point one principally tubercled. E. S. 1999. — ^. 

 R% sylvestris (Wallr.) ; enlarged pet. nearly entire all tubercled, 

 nut but little longer than broad. J. ofB. xi. 131. — ^Whorls usually 

 distant and nearly leafless. Height 2 — 3 ft. Nut nearly twice 

 as long as broad. — Pastures and waste ground. ^. By Thames 

 neai- Putney. P. VII.— IX. E. S. I. 



7. R. acvtits (L,, Fr.) ; enlarged pet. unequal cordate dilated 

 and toothed at the base with a small entire triangular point one 

 principally tubercled, 1. oblong-lanceolate acute, lower 1. slightly 

 cordate below, — R. pratensis E. B. S. 2757. — St. and whorls 

 often tinged with dull red. Whorls near together but not 

 crowded, mostly leafless. Unopened anth. white. Nuts elliptic, 

 abundant. One enlarged pet. larger than the others, sometimes 

 aU 3 equally tubercled. — Marshy places, rare. P. VI. — IX. 



\_R. conspersus (Hartm.), which has membranous netted 

 broadly cordate toothed enlarged petals, is foimd in Kinioss-shire. 

 It is probably a hybrid of R. crispus and R. aquaticus. Sy. E. B. 

 12170 



8. R. cris'pus (L.) ; enlarged pet. cordate entire or crenidate 

 one principally tubercled, 1. lanceolate acute wavy crisped. — 

 E. B. 1998. — Height 2 — 3 feet. St. and whorls sometimes 

 tinged with bright red. L. narrowed or truncate below. Nut 

 elliptic. Enlarged pet. equal, sometimes all equally tubercled. 

 —Roadsides, fields, &c. P. VI.— VHI. Curled Eock. E.S.I. 



[R. ekmgatus (Guss.) ; enlarged pet. ovate entire one tubercled, 

 1. linear-lanceolate narrowed at both ends not wavy nor crisped. 

 —J. of B. xi. 237.— St. 1— 2i ft. high. Rt.-l. 8—12 in. long, 

 1 in. broad. Of lax habit with distant whorls. A doubtful plant ; 

 probably a form of R. crispus.- — Surrey side of Thames between 

 Putney and Hammersmith.] 



9. R. aquat'icus (L.) ; enlarged pet. broadly cordate membra- 

 nous entire or wavy iirithout tubercles, 1. lanceolate, lower 1. some- 

 what cordate, petioles flat and finely margined above. — E. B. S. 

 2698. jR. domesticus Hartm. (not Meisn.). R. longifolius DC. 



