Rumex acutus. Sharp.pointed Dock 
RUMEX Lm. Gen. Hexandria Trigynia. 
. 3 3 conAiventia. Semen triquetrum. 
™x --- 
L,n. Syji. Fig. p. 285. Sp. Pl. p. 478. FI. ‘'“““■“«is. 
lapathum petiolo latefeen, e. folii, lanceolatis, cal,ee fertam. a//rc. M. „ 
LAPATHUM acutum. Sc«paF p. apj. ' 
LAPATHUM folio acuto plano. B.pm. nj. 
LAPATHUM acutum. Ger. emac. 388. 
LAPATHUM acutum feu Oxylapathum. y. Bmh. II. 983. 
LAPATPIUif acutum maius. Park, 122a S*a,v c 
„ , ■’ ■ 5 "'- P- ' 4 « Sharp-pointed Dock. 
R.ADIX perennis, craitie digiti minimi aut maior in t 
terram profnde penetrans nec facile extra- l 
henda limp'X m junioribus, in adultis ra- » 
mola, roris navo foTra ;.... n ♦ 
ROOTp e m al, the thicfcnefs of the little finger, or 
inf i“t° '!■= earth and 
not eafily drawn out, in the young ones Im- 
ple, in the full-grown ones branched, exter- 
f'ih ■■ yePnwifh brown colour the infide 
STAT K f ^ yelLwilh, the pith whitifh. 
ro three feet hig'h tlip r r 
agoofequil,, round, firia;S^redi1fiiLt“tf 
pirSiaff ““ »■“ 
LEAVES at the bottom of the ftalk of an oblong, oval 
ft iidTr' ■ “"'f f“““»hat®hear; 
leaped. Hat, aoout five inches in length and 
wr.’ Ta '*'’ **■“ ■totched, and fome- 
what curled, underneath finely reticulated 
with numerous fibres, thofe on the ftdk 
ally waved, but much lefs fo than in the curled 
FLOWERS fmall, numerous, difpofed about the bran 
CALYxi^'a^P^^’^® filiform, with a joint at the bafe 
CALYX. a PERtriKTHiuM compofed of three leaveT 
which are very fmalh n^row, pointed hoL 
COROT T A c, rigid and permanent. 
vtf ::"hm 
very peculiar, we pafs on to tie valves con 
taming the ripe feed, which afford the prin- 
VAI VFS ^ “’l‘‘''‘"*«i2ing this fpecies. ^ 
VALVES 1 cry fmaU if compared with hhe valves of 
our other Docks, twice the length of the ci- 
aiid’ “”'■“ at the edge one 
a d that the outer one always bearing®» gra- 
nule, the others generally naked, fr“m ®the 
top of the granule through the middle of the 
valve runs a prominent line, on each fide of 
whieh, by the help of a glafs only, may b1 
dilcerned a few veins ; Granules at fiift cblLg 
» ftad ^ ““■i'l and prominent, in the 
i SPED R ^ fituations very red 
I c .'•'■“-“'■'■«“Ir aiitl yellowift. ^ ’ 
I Pis- The Calyx. 2 the Corolla. 3 the Stamina. 4. the 
Simplers, both of which their turn mTSelt “fiir ‘‘ftrlje iiheT %deTi^ihii'^r ft Botaniffs or 
feen frequent mftances of h miftikes: fortunately it has a charafler whiih ieed^oiirto hi°Doii‘';i'’ 
this fpec.es as obvious as 1 plant in nature and this is the fmallnefs of its feed-valves which ir 
leaft thrice as fmall as thepf any of our other Docks : the fnecies to which th. p ’ "'™ “■= uniformly at 
thegreateftrefcmblance ohc erifiu, the pulcier, and the marilmus, the fi^ft rf ft“is“ih "afl 
mg its leaves very much cd. its feed valves almofl round, entire and verv larve ft that th * 
branches, in th.s tlie leavee much lefs curled, the feed-valves, slthough emire%t the^dge 'f' 
fmall as m the cr.fpus they large, and niftead of being roundift are of £. oblong ftape tlmwhnl “ '“E"*’-' 
fine and delicate and the Iches more fpreadlng ; from the pulcier and niar/tm^ it is ^ 
having the edges of its valvatire, which in thole are toothed." dlffinguilhed, by 
The Sharp-pointed Dock, ot confined to any particular place of growth, it is found not „ 1 • 
rows, and hedges, but alfothe fides of rivers and roads ; in fieldsfnd meadows it is lefs freoLm'' r‘^‘’i ’'‘'E''" 
Grove IS at prefent a good Hat for it ; it flowers in June and July. The Fumex rana„;J,^Vr '.‘'“'“'■«well 
from the prefent plant butfie colour of its veins, on this account I confider it inefelv as 
It is the more nectflary tlhe Dock here figured fhould be thus pointed om, aTitt a . 
confidered as ufefull m the Cof fcorbutic and cutaneous diforders, both exhibited iutcrnallv f j’'’ 
nally in ointments, cataplafrand fomentations. • ’ applied exter- 
i- r • ^ rt in aauitis ra 
raofa, foris fiavo fufea, cortice interne Ha- ? 
vefeente, mJulla albida. ? 
CAULIS bipedalis, a(tnpedalem, craflitle penn* an- 
ierwx, teres Hriatus, rubens, ramolus, fu- 
perne flexuois, ngidus, geniculis ftipulis ob- 
ioletis teais, 
RAMI cauli fimiles, jtentes, longiusculi. Inferne fo- 
liofi. 
FOLIA inferiora obicgo-ovata, acuta, bafi fubcordata 
plana, loogildme uncias quinque, latitudine 
duas, marge creiiulato-crifpa, fubtus fibris 
plurimis mute reticulata, cauliiia fepius un- 
dulata, attaen multo minus quam in rumice 
crilpo. 
FLORES parvi, nuirofi, circa ramulos femlvertlcll- 
latim difpofitidque alterne, penduli. 
PEDUNCULI fillfoiTs, ad bafin geniculati. 
CALYX; Perianthm triphyllum, foliolis minimis, 
fubfetaceis, ccavis, rigidulis, perfiftentibus. 
COROLLA Stamina tPiJilllum, cum nullam notam 
prsbeant huipeciei peculiarem, ad valvulas 
femen maturi continentes praeterimus, ob 
quibus certe facile diftinguitur. 
VALVUL-iE minimae :d valvulas aliorum Rumicum 
noftratium c-parantur, calyce duplo longi- 
ores, oblong obtufiufculae, integerrimas, 
unica idque eriore Temper granifera, reli- 
quis plerumqinudis, ex apice granules per 
medium valvx decurrit Imea prominula et 
utrinque venaliquot ope lentis folummodo 
diftingui poffir Granula primum oblongse, 
demum rotunc prominulas, in umbrofis pal- 
lida, in apricUberrims. 
SEMEN unicum, triquam, flavefeens. 
Fig. I Calyx. 2 Corolla, tamina. 4 Piftillum. 5 Val- 
vula cum gram immaturis. 6 Semen. 
