RUM EX 
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R. condylodes x CYispttS comb. nov. ; R. crispus x sanguineus Haussknecht in Mitt. Geogr. Ges. Thiir. 
Jena iii, 76 (1885); x R. sagorski Haussknecht loc. cit.\ R. sanguineus x crispus Ascherson und Graebner Syn. iv, 
753 (1912). 
leones : — Beck in Reichenbach t. 172, fig. 4 — 7, as R. crispus x sanguineus. 
Exsiccata : — ? Fries, ix, 57, as R. conglorneratus. 
Laminae of the ground-leaves undulate, but less so than in R. crispus var. typicus, very 
acute as in R. condylodes ; of the inflorescence, flat. Inflorescence leafy only at the base. Fruiting 
segments with 1 — 3 rather large tubercles. 
Isle of Wight, Hampshire, Sussex, Surrey (herb. Marshall, 2840), Carnarvonshire, and doubtless elsewhere. 
Sweden, Denmark, France, central Europe. 
R. condylodes X obtusifolius comb. nov. ; R. obtusifolius x sangtiineus Haussknecht in Mitt. Geogr. 
Ges. ( Thiiring. ) Jena iii, 78 (1885); Murbeck in Bot. Notiser 32 (1899); Ascherson und Graebner Syn. iv, 721 
(1912); x R. duffti Rouy Ft. France xii, 89 (1910); x R. duffti Haussknecht. 
leones : — Beck in Reichenbach Icon, xxiv, t. 173, fig. 4 — 6, as R. obtusifolius x sanguineus. 
Stem up to 1 m. high, branches usually ascending. Laminae of the ground-leaves narrower 
than in R. obtusifolius , elliptical to oblong, subcordate to truncate at the base, margin more or 
less crenulate, acute ; of the inflorescence, linear-lanceolate, acute, shortly petioled. Inflorescence 
branched, lax, leafy at the base, whorls rather distant and slender. Flowers in July and August. 
Fruiting segments elongate, dentate at least below ; tubercles 1 — 3, one larger than the others. 
Somerset, Worcestershire, Derbyshire, Perthshire, and doubtless elsewhere. 
Sweden, Denmark, Germany, central Europe. 
R. condylodes x fittlcHev comb. nov. ; R. nemorosus x pulcher Briggs in Bot. Exch. Club Brit. Rep. for 
1872 — 4, 34 (1875); Trimen in Journ. Bot. xvii, 251 (1879) nomen. 
Laminae of the stem-leaves oblong. Inflorescence with branches ascending or spreading or 
divaricate, with minute leaves at the base of the whorls of the lower branches. Fruiting segments 
about as large as those of R. conglorneratus , some entire, others with 1 — 2 teeth towards the base, 
strongly reticulated, tubercled ; tubercles of unequal sizes. 
A poor specimen by Warren, from Sussex, purporting to be of this parentage, is preserved in Herb. Mus. Brit. (cf. Bot. 
Exch. Club Brit. Rep. for 1872 — 4, p. 34). 
Sussex. Not recorded outside England. 
Series vii. Maritimi 
Maritimi nobis. 
For characters, see page 133. 
British species of Maritimi 
15. Rumex limosus (see below). Inflorescence with whorls more or less separate. Fruiting 
segments about as long as the segment is broad, slender. 
16. Rumex maritimus (p. 149). Inflorescence with whorls confluent. Fruiting segments about 
twice as long as the breadth of the segment, very slender. 
15. RUMEX LIMOSUS. Marsh Dock. Plate 151 
Hydrolapathum minus Gerard Herb. 312 (1597); Johnson in Gerard Herb. ed. 2, 389 (1636); Lapathum 
aureum Dillenius in Ray Syn. ed. 3, 142 (1724). 
Rumex limosus Thuiller Ft. Paris ed. 2, 182 (1799); Rouy FI. France xii, 79 (1910); R. palustris 
Smith Ft. Brit. 394 (1800)!; Syme Eng. Bot. viii, 43 (1868) excl. syn. R. steini ; R. maritimus var. viridis 
Meyer Chlor. Hanov. 480 (1836); R. conglorneratus x maritimus Haussknecht in Mitt. Geogr. Gesellsch. {Thiiring.) 
Jena iii, 69 (1885); Ascherson und Graebner Syn. iv, 757 (1912). 
Biennial. Stem erect, 6 — 8 dm. high, leafy, rather zigzag, becoming tawny yellow, branched, 
branches ascending. Petioles mostly much shorter than the laminae. Laminae of the ground-leaves 
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