umex CRispus. Curled Dock. 



RUMEX Linnai Gen. PL Hexandria Trigynia. 



Cat. 3-phyllus. Petala 3-conniventia. Sem. 1, triquetrum. 

 Rail Syn. Gen. 5. Herb^: flore imperfecto seu stamineo vel apetalo potius. 

 RUMEX crifpus floribus hermaphroditis : valvulis integris graniferis, foliis lanceolatis undulatis acutis. 



Linn. Syjl. Vegetab. p. 284. Spec. Plant, p. 478. PL Suec'ic. p, 117. 

 LAPATHUM foliis crifpis, imis ovatis, fupremis lanceolatis, calycibus verrucofis. Haller hlfi.n. 1589. 

 LAPATHUM crijpum. Scopoli PL Carmol. p. 261. 

 LAPATHUM folio acuto crifpo. Bauhln. Pin. 115. 

 LAPATHUM acuti varietas folio crifpo. Ger. emac. 387» 

 LAPATHUM acutum minus. Parklnfon. 226. 



Rail Syn. p 141. Sharp-pointed Dock with curled leaves. 

 Hudfon Fl. Angl. p. 134. 

 Llghtfoot Fl. Scot. 108. 



RADIX perennis, flavefcens, fufiformis, per aetatem ¥ ROOT perennial, tapering, of a yellowifh colour, be- 

 fuperne ramofus evadit. 1 coming branched at top as it grows old. 



t 

 CAULIS bipedalis aut tripedalis, ere&us, ftriatus, lse- | STALK two or three feet high, upright, finely grooved, 

 vis, ramofus. y fmooth, and branched. 



FOLIA lanceolata, undulata, acuta, fubtus venofa, pe- | LEAVES lanceolate, waved, pointed, underneath vei- 

 tiolis fulcatis. y ny, the foot-ftalks grooved. 



FLORE S in fpicas denliffime glomerati, caulem peni- ^ FLOWERS crouded very thickly together in fpikes, 

 tus fere occultantes. t and almoft entirely hiding the ftalk. 



CALYX: Perianthium triphyllum, foliolis cymbi- I CALYX: a Peri an thium of three leaves, which are 

 formibus, corolla brevioribus, fig. 1. § boat-fhaped, and fhorter than the Corolla, 



I fig- 1- 



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COROLLA : Petala tria, ovata, concava, demum I COROLLA : three oval, hollow Petals, finally be- 

 conniventia, magna, granifera, venofa, reti- % coming clofed, and large; each bearing a 



culata, integra, Semen unicum, triquetrum, | ' grain, veiny, reticulated, entire at the edges, 



nitidum, pallide fufcum foventia, j%. 3, 7, 8, 9. | including a three-cornered, mining, pale brown 



I Seed, 3, 7, 8, 9. 



STAMINA : Filamenta tria, capillaria, brevia : f STAMINA: three very fine fhort Filaments : An- 

 Anther^ flavae, fig. 3. | therje yellow, /^. 3. 



PISTILLUM : Germen triquetrum : Styli tres, ? PISTILLUM : Germen three-corner'd : Styles 

 reflexi: Stigmata laciniata,^". 4, 5, 6. | three, turning back: Stigmata jagged, 



* fig- 4, 5> 6 - 



THE Docks, like the feveral fpecies of Goofefoot and Orach, are with difficulty diftinguifhed from each other. 



The fpecies here figured, is one of the moft common, as well as the moll injurious as a weed. It is 

 found in almoft every kind of foil and fituation ; as in wet meadows, by the fides of roads, and in cultiva- 

 ted ground, into which it is generally introduced with dung. I have remarked fpme Clover fields in which 

 this plant formed nearly one half of the crop. 



It may be diftinguifhed from the other Docks by its yellow root, waved leaves, and large and numerous 

 feed-coverings, which grow fo thick as almoft to hide the ftalk, and which are larger than in moft of the 

 other Docks, of a roundifh fhape, with prominent veins, and an entire or (lightly waved edge. 



It flowers in June, July, and Auguft. 



