Rumex Acetosella 
Sheep’s Sorrel 
RUMEX Lin. Gen. PI. Hexandria Trigyni a. 
Cal. 3-phylluS. Petala 3, conniventia. Sent. i. triquetrum. 
Raii Syn. Gen. 5. Herba: flore imperfe&o feu fla mineo (vel apetalo potius). 
RUMEX Acet ofella floribus dioicis foliis lanceolato-haftatis. Linn. Syjl. Vegetab. p. 286. Sp. Pl. 481* 
FI. Suec. ».3 19. 
LAPATHUM fexubus feparatis, foliis fagittatis, hamis acutis recurvis* Haller bijl. 1596. 
LAPATHUM Acetofella. Scopoli FI. Carn. n. 439. 
ACETOSA arvenfis lanceolata. Baubin. Pin. p. 114. 
OXAL 1 S tenuifolia. Ger. emac. 39 7. 
ACETOSA minor lanceolata. Parkinf. 744. 
LAPATHUM acetofum repens lanceolatum. Raii Syri. p. 143. Sheep’s SorreL Hudfon FI. Angh 
p. 156. Lightfoot FI. Scot. p. 191. 
RADIX perennis, fublignofa, repens, fufca. 
$ ROOT perennial, cf a urovvil colouf. fomewhat woody, 
+ • and creeping. 
CAULIS palmaris ad pedalem, eremus, laevis, ftriatus, | STaLK from a hand’s breadth to a foot in height, up- 
fubangulofus, ramofus. 1 right, fmooth, ftriated, fomewhat angular, 
I branched. 6 
FOLIA alterna, petiolata, inferiora larrceolato-haftata, f LEAVES alternate, Handing on foot-ftalks, the lower 
hamis. ftepius recurvis, in umbrolis fubglauca, | ones lanceolate, and halbert-fhaped, the lobe9 
in apricis ut ut tota planta fanguinea, fuperiora | forming the halbert, ufually bent upwards, in 
lineari-lanceoiata. | fhady fituations fomewhat glaucous, in ex- 
4 pofed ones of a blood colour, as well as the 
I whole plant, the upper ones entire, betwixt 
I linear and lance-fhaped. 
PETIOLUS longitudine folii, inferne ftriatus, fuperne | LEAF-STALK the length of the leaf, on the under 
canaliculatus, ball vaginans, vagina apice mem- | fide ftriated, above fingle-channeled, forming 
branacea, alba, lacerS, faqpe reflexa. J a fheath at bottom, the tip of which is menu 
I branous, white, torn, and often reflexed. 
SPIC® plurimae, nudae, fubramofte, faepe nutantes. | SPIKES numerous, naked, fomewhat branched, and 
$ often drooping. 
FLORES mafculi et fceminei in diftinais plantis, mini- | FLOWERS male and female in feparate plants very 
™ lA- *> * I 2 * 4 - flos msfculus auftns; fig. 3. f minute; Jig. 1, 2. a male flower magnified • 
foemmeus ; fig. 4, femen magnitudine natu- | fig. 3. a female flower ; fig. 4. the feed of its 
rail; fig- 5. idem audL J natural fixe ; fig. j. the fame magnified. 
In reprefenting the two fexes (which occur in this as well as in the common Sorrel) we have intended that one of 
them (hould exprels the plant in its dwarf Hate, as it ufually occurs on very dry, hilly paftures In fuch fituations 
the whole plant is frequently found of a bright red colour. In more fhady afpefls it grows taller, and the leaves 
aflume a greener hue. Whereever it abounds we may in general look on it as a fure indication of a dry barren 
foil. Hallik obferves, that it is often found growing m Coal-yards (arris carbonariarum). 
AgriculturaHy confuted, we mud: number it with the weeds, and with thofe too, from its creeping roots of 
difficult extirpation. r ® 
It is found in flower from June to September, 
