272 66. POLYGONACES. 
4. Facopyrum. Perianth 5-parted. Stam. 8. Styles 3, 
Nut trigonous; embryo central; cotyledons large, leaflike 
contort-plicate. 
1. Rumex Linn. 
* Fl. perfect. Herbage not acid. Lapathum Tourn. Docks. 
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, |. all linear-lanceolate—E. B.725. 
—Nut very small with elliptical faces. L. equally narrowed at 
both ends.—Marshes principally near the sea. P. VIJ. VIII. 
[R. 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.—E. B. 1932.—Nut 3 times as large 
as that of R. maritimus, with ovate faces. Upper I. linear-lan- 
ceolate narrowed below.—Marshy places, rare. P. VII.—IX. E. 
3. R. conglomeratus (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 |. cordate 
or rounded at the base—H. B. 724. R. acutus Sm. R. glome- 
ratus R. I. f. 552.—Nut ovate, acute. Enlarged pet. broadest 
near the base, the sides nearly parallel. Unopened anth. white. 
Branches mostly spreading.— Wet places. P. VI.—VIII. 
4. R. sanguineus (L.) ; enlarged pet. narrowly oblong obtuse en- 
tire only one bearing a tubercle, whorls distant leafless, 1. ovate- 
lanceolate, lower 1. cordate or rounded at the base.—Z. B. 1533. 
—Nut ovate-elliptical, acute. Enlarged pet. broadest above their 
middle. A very few of the lower whorls often each accompanied 
by a small leaf. Veins of the 1. bright red. Branches ascend- 
ing.—. R. viridis (Sibth.); veins of the 1. green. Unopened 
anth. pale yellow. R. Nemolapathum Ehrh. ?—Woody places, 
rare. 8. Woods and road-sides, more frequent. P. VI.—VIII. 
5. R. pulcher (L.); enlurged pet. triangular-ovate reticulated 
with raised nerves toothed below one principally tubercled, 
branches spreading, whorls mostly leafy, lower J. fiddleshaped or 
cordate-oblong obtuse, upper 1. lanceolate acute, st. procumbent. 
