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METROPOLITAN PARK FLORA. 



PHYTOLACCACE/E. Pokeweed Family. 

 PHYTOLACCA, Tourn. Pokeweed. 

 P. decandra, L. Common Poke. Garget. Pigeon Berry. 

 Low grounds, rocky slopes, and open woods ; conspicuously 

 vigorous after fires. B * and M, occasional. 



POLYQONACE^E. Buckwheat Family. 

 RUMEX, L. Dock. Sorrel. 



R. crispus, L. Curled Dock. 



Nat. from Eu. in cult, and waste ground. B, frequent: — ■ 

 M, common : — 8 *, occasional. 

 R. obtusifolius, L. Bitter Dock. 



Nat. from Eu. by roadsides, and in all waste places. B, oc- 

 casional ; Hillside St., etc. : — M*, frequent in bogs and by 

 low roadsides : — S *, rare. 

 R. Acetosella, L. Field Sorrel. 



Nat. from Eu. in fields, by roadsides, and in all waste places. 

 B, M, S* and BB*, common. 

 R. Acetosa, L. Sorrel Dock. 



Sparingly nat. from Eu. in waste places. M, a single plant 

 in moist ground, N. E. of Bear Hill. 



POLYGONUM, Tourn. Knotweed. 

 P. aviculare, L. Doorweed. 



Yards, waste places, etc. B*, top of Great Blue Hill, by 

 Observatory. 

 P. tenue, Michx. 



Dry open places. B*, frequent on hill-tops. 

 P. lapathifolium, L., var. incarnatum, Watson. 



Wet places. M*, abundant on W. shore of Spot Pond, 

 showing a gradation into the var. incanum, Koch. 

 Var. incanum, Koch. 



Wet places. M *, abundant on the stony S. and W. shores 

 of Spot Pond, fruiting from one to six inches high. 



