. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 656 POLYGONACEAE. Vol. 8. Rumex altissimus Wood. Tall or Peach-leaved Dock. Fig. 1604. Rumex altissimus Wood, Class-book, 477. 1853. Rumex Brittannica Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 14: 47. 1856. Not L. 1753. Perennial, glabrous, rather pale green; stem stout, erect, simple or sparingly branched above, grooved, 2°-4° tall. Leaves lanceolate, oblong- lanceolate or ova
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 656 POLYGONACEAE. Vol. 8. Rumex altissimus Wood. Tall or Peach-leaved Dock. Fig. 1604. Rumex altissimus Wood, Class-book, 477. 1853. Rumex Brittannica Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 14: 47. 1856. Not L. 1753. Perennial, glabrous, rather pale green; stem stout, erect, simple or sparingly branched above, grooved, 2°-4° tall. Leaves lanceolate, oblong- lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate (sometimes ob- lanceolate), 2'-io' long, acute at both ends, papil- lose; panicle rather open; racemes slightly inter- rupted in fruit; flowers densely whorled; calyx light green, 1" long, winged in fruit; pedicels slender, jointed near the base, as long as the wings; wings triangular-cordate, 2"-2j" long, usually one of them only bearing an ovoid tuber- cle; achene ii" long, dark red, smooth, shining, its faces concave. Along streams and in swamps, Connecticut to Iowa, Nebraska, Maryland and Texas. Pale dock. April- June. 9. Rumex Patientia L. Patience Dock. Garden Patience. Fig. 1605. Rumex Patientia L. Sp. PI. 333. 1753. Perennial, glabrous, stem erect, simple or spar- ingly branched, grooved, 2°-5° tall. Lower leaves ovate-lanceolate, long-petioled, 4-16' long, the upper oblong-lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, acute or obtusish, the uppermost lanceolate; fruiting panicle dense; racemes erect, somewhat interrupted in fruit; flowers densely whorled; calyx green; pedi- cels slender, 2-4 times as long as the calyx-wings, jointed below the middle; wings orbicular-cordate, 2"-3" long, one of them bearing a prominent but small ovoid callosity; achene il' long, light brown, smooth, shining, its faces concave, its angles ob- scurely margined. In waste places, Newfoundland and Ontario to Wis- consin, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Kansas.
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