THE FLORA OF WARWICKSHIRE. 
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POLYGONACE^E. 
RUMEX. 
R. conglomeratus, Murr. Sharp Dock. 
Native : By roadsides, waste heaps, banks, etc. Common. July 
to September. Area general. 
Apparently very local in the district around Sliipston-on-Stour. 
R. nemorosus, Schrad. Green-veined Dock. 
a. viridis. 
Native : By roadsides, on waste heaps in woods, etc. Locally 
abundant. 
I. Sutton Park; New Park, Middleton; lanes about Arley ; lanes about 
Hampton-in-Arden, Solihull, and Olton, &c. 
II. Honington; Tredington; Neivb. Frequent near Warwick. H. B. 
Oversley; Combe Woods ; near Rugby. 
b. sanguineus. Bloody-veined Dock. 
Denizen ; in gardens and cultivated land. Rare. 
I. Came up as a weed in my own garden, Aston, two or three seasons. 
II. Near Leamington Herb. Ferry ; a garden weed, Warwick and Myton! 
H. B. 
R. maritimus, Linn. Golden Dock. 
Native : Near brackish pools and marshes. Very rare. May, June. 
I. Near Perkin’s Pool, Sutton Park. J. P., B. G. 
II. Chesterton Mill Pool; New Waters, Warwick Park; Wash Brook, 
Kenilworth, H. B. Fish Pond, Liglithorne; Chadshunt, 
Bolton King. 
A mere casual in Sutton Park, in the other stations probably a native. 
R. pulcher, Linn. Fiddle Dock. 
Alien : In cultivated land, churchyards, and rarely on banks. Very 
rare. June, July. 
II. Harbury Village, Gross. Chesterton churchyard and field adjoining! 
near Chesterton Wood. H. B. ; Tredington churchyard; kitchen 
garden, Honington Hall; Stratford-on-Avon churchyard ! Neivb. 
R. obtusifolius, Auct. Broad-leaved Dock. 
Native : In woods, on banks, by roadsides and in fields and pastures. 
Common. June to August. Area general. The variety a. 
Friesii appears to be the prevailing plant of the county. 
R. pratensis, M. & K. Meadoio Dock. 
Native : In fields, by roadsides and on banks. Local and rather 
rare. June to August. 
I. Lanes about Solihull; Lanes about Hartshill. 
II. Harborough Magna! Rev. A. Blox; lanes about Old Park, 
Warwick ! Myton ; Tachbrook ; Beausale ; Balsall Common ! 
II. B. 
R. crispus, Linn. Curled Dock. 
Native: By roadsides; on waste heaps, banks and cultivated ground. 
Common. July, August. Area general. 
Yar. trigranulatus. Rare. 
II.—Cornfield near Harbury station; Chesterton Mill Pool. H. B. 
A large form which Mr. Bromwich thinks is var. sub-cordatus ; 
in marshy ground, Avon-side, Hill Wootton. I have not 
sufficiently discriminated between the forms and varieties of 
this dock to be able to give a proper idea of their distribution. 
