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flowers. The leaves are lance shaped, acute, with the margins strongly 

 waved and crisped. The lower leaves are obtuse or heart shaped at 

 the base, from 6 to 8 inches in length, and are borne on long stalks, 

 while those nearer the top are narrower and shorter, being only 3 to 6 

 inches long, on short stems or stemless. 



From June to August the } 7 ellow dock puts forth, interspersed with 

 leaves, its many long dense clusters of green, drooping groups of 

 inconspicuous flowers placed in circles around the stem. 



Broad-leaved. Dock. 



Rumex obtusifolius L. 



Other common names. — Bitter dock, common dock, blunt-leaved dock, 

 butter dock. (Fig. 6.) 



Fiu. 6.— Broad-leaved duck (Rumex obtusifolius L.). First year's growth. 



Range and habitat. — The range of this very common weed extends 

 from the New England States to Oregon and south to Florida and 

 Texas; it occurs in waste place-. 



Description. — Broad-leaved dock differs from the yellow dock prin- 

 cipally in its more robust habit of growth. It grows to about the 

 same height, but its stem is stouter, and the leaves, which are wavy 

 along the margin as in the yellow dock, an- much broader and longer. 

 The lowei leaves have long stalks, and are from 6 to 14 inches in 

 length, with heart-shaped or roundish bases, while the upper ones are 

 from 2 to 6 inches long and are on short stalks. 



The green flowers appear from June to August, and are in rather 

 long, open clusters, the groups rather loose and far apart. In all of 

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