. 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. Rumex venosus Pursh. Veined or Winged Dock. Fig. 1600. Rumex venosus Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 733. 1814. Perennial by a woody rootstock, glabrous; stem rather stout, erect, somewhat flexuous, 6'-is' tall, grooved, branched. Leaves ovate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, 1/-5' long, acute at both ends or acumi- nate at the base, petioled, rather coriaceous; ocreae funnel
. 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. Rumex venosus Pursh. Veined or Winged Dock. Fig. 1600. Rumex venosus Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 733. 1814. Perennial by a woody rootstock, glabrous; stem rather stout, erect, somewhat flexuous, 6'-is' tall, grooved, branched. Leaves ovate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, 1/-5' long, acute at both ends or acumi- nate at the base, petioled, rather coriaceous; ocreae funnelform, thin, brittle; racemes mostly erect, soon interrupted; calyx red, pedicelled, very conspicuously winged in fruit; pedicels at maturity rather stout, slightly shorter than the wings, jointed at about the middle; wings large, i'-ij' broad, suborbicular with a deep sinus at the base, veiny, reddish; style- branches divergent in fruit; achene 3" long, smooth, shining, its faces concave, its angles margined. Saskatchewan to Oregon and Washington, south to Missouri and Nevada. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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