PI. ex. 771071. 
15. POLYGONS. 37. Lapathum. 275 
Lapathum vulgare, folio obtuso, Raii Syn . 141,2. 
Lapathum sylvestre folio minus acuto, Ger. em. 388,3. 
Lapathum sylvestre vulgatius, Park. 1225. 
Rumex obtusifolius, Lin. S. P. 478. 
Lapathum obtusifolium, Moench Meth. 256. 
Lapathum sylvestre «, Lamarck FI. Fr. 3, 4. 
Road-sides and ruins ; perennial ; July and August. 
Root yellowish ; radical leaves very large, exceeding 
grateful to deer. 
8. Lapalfium pulchrum. Handsome dock . 
Radical leaves panduraeform ; upper leaves oblong ; stem 
divaricating, smooth ; racemes leafy ; valves deltoid, veined, 
toothed, tubercled. 
Lapathum pulchrum Bononiense sinuatum, Raii Syn. 142,8. 
Rumex pulcher, Lin. S. P. 477. 
Lapathum sinuatum, Lamarck FI. Fr. 3, 5. 
Fiddle dock. 
Barren sandy places and roadsides ; perennial ; August. 
Stem procumbent; branches long, inclined; leaves smooth. 
9. Lapathum aureum. Golden dock. 
Leaves linear ; racemes spikelike, whirls crowded ; valves 
deltoid, tubercled, 4-toothed ; teeth bristlelike, longer than 
the valves. 
Lapathum folio acuto flore aureo, Raii Syn. 142, 9. 
Rumex maritimus, Lin. S. P. 478, 
Rumex aureus, With. Bot. Arr. 356. 
Lapathum minus, Lamarck FI. Fr. 3,4. 
Rumex Anthoxanthum, Salisb. Prod. 52. 
Bogs and watery places ; perennial; July and August. 
Stem furrowed, rough ; leaves flat, slender ; flowers golden 
yellow. 
10. Lapathum palustre. Marsh dock. 
Leaves linear, lanceolate; racemes interrupted; whirls 
distant ; valves lanceolate, tuberculate, toothed at the bot- 
tom ; teeth bristlelike, shorter than the valves. 
Lapathum aureum, Dillen in Raii Syn. 142, 10. 
Hydrolapathum minus, Ger. em. 389, 2 ; Park. 1225. 
Rumex maritimus 13, Huds. FI. Angl. 155. 
Rumex maritimus, Curtis FI. Lond. 
Rumex palustris, Smith FI. Brit. 394. 
Golden dock. 
Bogs and damp places; perennial; July and August. 
Stem rough ; radical leaves large, acute; whirls leafy. 
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