RUMEX ACETOSELLA. Sheep's SoRREU 



RUMEX Lin. Gen, PL HexandriaTrigynia. r 



Cal. 3-phyllus. Petala 3-, Conniventia. Sem. 1. triquetrum. 



RaiiSyn-. Gen-. 5. Herbs fiofe impeffe&o feu ffamineo (vel apetalo potius). 



RUMEX Acetofella floribus dioicis foliis ianceolato-haftatis. Linn. Syfi.Vegelab. p. 286. Sp.Pl. 48 r„ 

 FI. Suec. n. 31 g. 



LAPATHUM fexubus feparatis, foliis fagittatis, harriis acutis recurvis. Holler hi/l. 1596. 



LAPATHUM Acetofella. Scopoli Fl. Cam. ».43$. 



ACETOSA arvenfis lanceolata. Bauhin. Pin. p. 114* 



OXALIS tenuifolia. Ger. emac. 397. 



ACETOSA minor lanceolata. Parkin/. 744. 



LAPATHUM acetofum repens lanceolatum. Rait Syn. p. 143. Sheep's Sorrel. Hudfon Fl. AngL 

 p. 156. Lightfoot FL Scot. p. ioi. 



RADIX perennis, fublignofa, repens i fufea. ^ROOT perennial, of a brown colour, fomewhat woody, 



% and creeping. 



CAULIS palmaris ad pedalem* ere&us, laevis, ftriatUSj ■? STALK from a hand's breadth to a foot in height, up- 



fubangulofus, ramofus. | right, fmooth, ftriated* fomewhat angular, 



% branched. 



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FOLIA alterna, petiolata, inferiora lanceolato-riaftata, y LEAVES alternate, ftanding on foot-ftalks, the lower 



hamis faepius recurvis, in umbrofis fubglauca, | ones lanceolate, and halbert-fhaped, the lobes 



in apricis ut ut totaplanta fanguinea, fuperiora | forming the halbert, ufually bent upwards, in 



lineari-lanceolata. | fhady fituations fomewhat glaucous, in ex- 



| pofed ones of a blood colour, as well as the 



¥ whole plant, the upper ones entire, betwixt 



I linear and lance-fhaped. 



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PETIOLUS longitudine folii, in ferne ftriatus, fuperne | LEAF-STALK the length of the leaf, on the under 

 canaliculars, ban vaginans, vagina apice mem- ^ fide ftriated, above fingle-channeled, forming 



branacea, alba, lacera, faepe reflexa* t a fheath at bottom, the tip of which is mem-* 



I branous, white, torn, and often reflexed. 



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 SPICiE plurimae, nudae, fubramofae, faepe nutantes. | SPIKES numerous, naked, fomewhat branched, and 



y often drooping. 



FLORES mafculi et foeminei in diftin&is plantis, mini- J FLOWERS male and female in feparate plants, very 

 mi; fig. 1, 2. flos mafculus auctus ; Jig. 3. % minute;^. 1, 2. a male flower magnified; 



foemineus ; fig. 4= femen magnitudine natu- | Jig. 3. a female' flower ; Jig. 4. the feed of its 



ralij fig. 5. idem auct. f natural fize ; fig. 5. the fame magnified. 



In reprefenting the two fexes (which occur in this as well as in the common Sorrel) we have intended that one of 

 them mould exprefs the plant in its dwarf ftate, as it ufually occurs on very dry, hilly paftures. In fuch fituations 

 the whole plant is frequently found of a bright red colour. In more fhady afpects it grows taller, and the leaves 

 afliime a greener hue. Whereever it abounds we may in general look on it as a fure indication of a dry, barren 

 foil. Haljler obferves, that it is often found growing in Coal-yards (areis carbonariorum). 



Agriculturally confidered, we muff number it with the weeds, and with thofe too, from its creeping roots, of 

 difficult extirpation. 



It is found in flower from June to September* 



