. 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 crispus L. Sp. PI. 335. 1753. fRumex elongatus Guss. PI. Rar. Neap. 150. 1826. Perennial, glabrous, dark green; stem rather slender, erect, simple or branched above, grooved, i°-3i° tall. Leaves crisped and wavy-margined, the lower oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 6'-i2' long, long-petioled, the upper narrowly oblong or lan- ceolate, 3-6' long, short-petioled
. 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 crispus L. Sp. PI. 335. 1753. fRumex elongatus Guss. PI. Rar. Neap. 150. 1826. Perennial, glabrous, dark green; stem rather slender, erect, simple or branched above, grooved, i°-3i° tall. Leaves crisped and wavy-margined, the lower oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 6'-i2' long, long-petioled, the upper narrowly oblong or lan- ceolate, 3-6' long, short-petioled, all cordate _ or obtuse at the base, more or less papillose; panicle rather open; racemes simple or compound, by the elongation of the pedicels apparently continuous in fruit; flowers rather loosely whorled; calyx dark green; fruiting pedicels ii-2 times as long as the calyx-wings, jointed near the base; wings cordate, ii"-2" long, truncate or notched at base, erose- dentat'e, or nearly entire, each bearing a tubercle; achene 1" long, dark brown, shining. In fields and waste places nearly throughout the United States and southern British America. Often a trouble- some weed. Sour or yellow dock. Also in the West Indies and Mexico. Naturalized from Europe. Native also of Asia. Hybridizes with R. obtusifolius L. June- Aug. 13. Rumex conglomeratus Murr. Clustered or Smaller Green Dock. Fig. 1609. R. conglomeratus Murr. Prodr. Fl. Goett. 52. 1770. Perennial, glabrous, pale green; stem slender, erect, simple or branched, grooved, f i°-3° tall. Leaves ovate, oblong or lanceolate, i'-s' long, some of them slightly fiddle-shaped, acute at the apex, obtuse at the base, crenulate and slightly crisped on the margins, petioled; panicle loose and open in fruit; racemes leafy, slender, ascending, much in-, terrupted; flowers loosely whorled; calyx small, green; pedicels shorter than or equalling the calyx- wings, jointed near the base; wings ovate, fiddler shaped, \\"
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