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the docks here mentioned, the three inner divisions of the calyx (outer 

 covering of flower) in fruiting- form a kind of triangular nut, like the 



¥\<,. 7.— Loaf. fruitinK spike, and root of broad-leaverl dock. 



grain of buckwheat (to which family. Polygonacese, the docks belong), 



and one or more of these divisions bear on the back a small granule. 



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