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Fagopyrum ( Gaert .). Buckwheat. 
F. esculentum ( Moench .). Fig. 558. Buckwheat. Casual. A. 
A. VII, VIII. 
Rubbish heaps by the docks and canal. Occasional. 
L. Garston (r.b.). 1881, Birkdale sandhills (Dr. g.). 
C. Birkenhead Docks (r.b.) 
Rumex (L.). Dock. 
R. eonglomeratus (Murr.). Sharp Dock. Native. P. VI-VIII. 
Damp places. Frequent. 
L. Hale; Woolton. 
C. Bebington ; Hooton ; Shotwick. 
F. Nant-y-Flint ; Mostyn. 
R. sanguineus ( L .). Fig. 559. Red-veined Dock. Native. P. 
VI-VIII. 
Woods and shady places. Occasional. 
L. Ince Blundell (D.). Speke (j.h.l). Near Southport (j.g.). 
C. Bromborough (j.h.l.). Near Parkgate Station ; Roadside 
between Stoke and Little Stanney (LorddeT.; f.m.w.). 
F. Nant y Flint ; behind Bagillt ; behind Fynnon Groew 
(R.B.). 
b. vividis ( Sibth .). Green- veined Dock. Native. 
Woods and shady places. Very rare. 
L. Near Ormskirk. (t.w.). 
C. 1897, near Mollington (Dr. g.). 
R. maritimus (L.). Fig. 550. Golden Dock. Native. P. or B. 
VII, VIII. 
In brackish water and in ditches on boggy land. Rare. 
L. Southport (D.). In several places about Hightown, 
R. Alt, Formby, Barton and Halsall (r.b., &c.). 
C. 1894, Leasowe to Meols (Dr. g.). Hoylake (j.s.). Marshy 
field near West Kirby (Mrs. s. b.). 
R s obtusifolius (L.J. Broad-leaved Dock. Native. P. VII-IX. 
Roadsides and waste places. Very common. 
R. acutus (L.). Meadow Dock. Native. P VI-IX. 
(R. pratensis [Mavt. &> Koch).) 
Roadsides, fields, &c. Occasional. 
L. Roadside about half-way between Maghull Station and 
Melling ; under Ashurst Beacon, between Ashurst Hall and 
Dalton Common (r.b.). 
