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shaped, both forms having minute leaves at the base 'of the whorls 
of the lower branches. Very few fruits appear to have been matured, 
though I was able to get a few apparently perfect seeds which are 
sown but have not yet come up. The enlarged petals are about the 
size of those of R. conglomeratus , and consequently considerably 
smaller than those of R. pulcher. Some of them are entire, while 
others have one or two teeth on the margins towards the base. The 
basal portion of the petal is strongly reticulated, with very prominent 
veins, as in R. pulcher. The petals of the fruits which contain mature 
seeds are each furnished with a large red grain similar to that on the 
petals of R. conglomeratus , Sometimes the grains are of equal size, 
sometimes one larger than the other two, and sometimes two of them 
larger than the third. Had I seen the Torpoint plant only, I should 
have thought it might be depauperized pulcher .” — John J. Boswell, 
June, 1875. 
Rumex obtusifolius, L., var. 3 agrestis, Tries? “Nov. El. Snie.,” 
ed. ii., 99? “Cultivated fields, Invertiel, Kirkcaldy, Fife, and at 
Cowdenbheath, Fife, August, 1873. This plant differs from R. 
obtusifolius, var. Friesii, which is apparently the commonest form of 
obtusifolius in Britain, in having the branches of the panicle curved 
and ascending erect, so that the panicle is much narrower and less 
straggling than that of Friesii . The enlarged petals are considerably 
smaller, and the teeth often shorter. From the var. sylvestris (noticed 
below) it differs in having the spines at the edge of the petals always 
present and long.” — John J. Boswell, June, 1872. 
Rumex sylvestris, Wallr. “ On the Surrey side of Thames between 
the Putney and Hammersmith Bridges. About 200 individuals there 
this year, and as many in the autumn of last year, when I first noticed 
its difference from typical R. obtusifolius. It is only due to Dr. 
Trimen to say that the plant would probably have never been named as 
above, except for the help of a specimen gathered by him during his 
Danish journey of this year. I suppose this the first English record 
of this dock.” — J. L. Warren, 1872. 
Rumex pratensis, M. & K. “ Near Brodick, Arran, September, 
1872, and Swanbister and Gear, etc., Orphir, Orkney, August and 
September, 1873. These few specimens have been sent out, as it 
increases the range of this doubtful plant in Britain. The British 
specimens I have seen do not agree well with the Scandinavian 
specimens I possess of R. cristatus, with the exception of a speci- 
men shown me by the Honourable J. L. Warren from Sussex. This 
has deltoid petals, and distinctly spiny margins, with strong veins 
running out into the centre of the spine, as in R. obtusifolius , but 
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