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176 HEXANDRIA, TRIGYNIA. 



181. RUMEX. Gen pi 613. (Polygon**.) 



Calix 6-parted, persistent, the 3 interior di- 

 visions petaloid, connivent. Seed 1 ? 3- 

 sided, superior, naked. Stigmata multi- 

 iid. — JVntt. 



Aispus. i. R. valves entire, each bearing a grain; leaves 

 lanceolate-undulate, acute. — Sp. PL 

 Icon. Curt. Loud. 2. t. 20. 



RClltUS. 



Curled Dock. 



Like the rest of the species, an ordinary looking plant with 

 inconspicuous flowers. Introduced from Europe, but now 

 every where naturalized. Infields, pastures, and wastes, com- 

 mon. Perennial. July. 



2. R. hermaphrodite; valves dentate, radical 

 leaves cordate-obtuse, stem roughish. — Willd, 

 Icon. Engl. Bot. 1999. 



Common Dock, 



In similar places with the preceding; also in gardens, a very 

 common and troublesome weed. Introduced, but naturalized. 

 Perennial. June, July. 



acctecftii*. 3. R. flowers dioicous; leaves lanceolate-hastate. 

 Sp. PL 



Icon. Engl. Bot. 1574. 



Sheep 9 s Sorrel. 



About ten inches high, bearing reddish flowers. The leaves 

 have an acid and not disagreeable taste. In dry fields, and on 

 gravelly way-sides, every where in the greatest profusion, 

 frequently giving a red appearance to whole fields. Peren- 

 nial. June till August. 



