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and pastures. A. Fl. July, September. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



Very common and distributed throughout all the Districts. Enlarged 

 petals, oblong triangular, reticulated, toothed at the base, with an 

 entire point, one principally tuberculated. Whorls approximate, 

 nearly leafless. Radical leaves ovate, cordate, obtuse, wavy and 

 crisped at the margins. Distinguishable by its broad obtuse radical 

 leaves, and the oblong triangular form of the enlarged petals. 

 Professor Babington thinks that all the British specimens that he 

 has seen are R. Friesii, (Gfren.) and are probably not the true R. 

 obtusifolius, (Linn.) 



5. R. crispus, (Linn.) Curled Dock. Engl Bot. t. 1998. 

 Locality. By roadsides, in waste places, and cultivated ground. 



P. Fl. June, August. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



Recorded in all the Districts. Enlarged petals, broadly cordate, 

 entire or crenulate, reticulated ; one only bearing a perfect large 

 coloured tubercle. Whorls approximate, the upper ones leafless. 

 Leaves lanceolate, acute, waved and crisped at the margins. One 

 of the most common of the English Docks. 



6. R. Hydrolapathum, (Huds.) Great Water Dock. So named 

 from (hudor) water, and (lapathon) a dock or herb, which is a 

 strong purgative. Engl. Bot. t. 2104. R. aquaticns, Sm. (non 

 Linn.) 



Locality. Banks of the Avon, Kennet and Avon Canal, and by 

 the sides of streams and ponds. P. Fl. July, August. Area, 

 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



Distributed throughout all the Districts, but rather local. Enlarged 

 petals, ovate-triangular, reticulated, nearly entire, each bearing a 

 tubercle. Whorls crowded, mostly leafless. Leaves lanceolate, 

 acute, tapering at the base, minutely crisped at the edges. The 

 largest of our docks, 3 to 5 feet high, some of the lower leaves a 

 foot-and-a-half long. 



7. R. Acetosa, (Linn.) common Sorrel. Engl. Bot. t. 127. St. 

 74, 7. R. Pseudo- acetosa, (Bert.) 



Locality. Meadows and pastures. P. Fl. May, June. Area, 

 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



Frequent in all the Districts. Enlarged petals, roundish, cordate, 



