rUMEX Linn. Gen. PL H ex and ri a T r ig y n ia .
Cal. 3-phyllus. Petala 3, conniventia. Sem. 1. triquetrum.
Rail Syn. Gen. 5. Herbae flore imperfeöo feu ßamineo (vel apetalo potius).
RUMEX Acetofella floribus dioicis foliis lanceolato-haftatis. Linn. Syfi. Vegetal, p. 286. Sp. PI. 481.
FI. Suec. n. 319.
LAPATHUM fexubus feparatis> foliis fagittatis, hamis acutis recurvis. Haller Hiß. 1596.
LAPATHUM Acetofella. Scopoli FI. Cam. n. 439.
ACETOSA arvenfis lanceolata. Bauhin Pin. p. 114.
OXALIS tenuifolia. Ger. emac. 397.
ACETOSA minor lanceolata. Parkin/. 744.
LAPATHUM acetofum repens lanceolatum. Raii Syn. p. 143. Sheep’s Sorrel. Hudfon Fl. Angl.
p. 156. Lightfoot FI. Scot. p. 191.
• DIX perennis, fublignofa, repens, fufca. $ ROOT perennial, of a brown colour, fomewhat
I woody, and creeping.
»AULIS palmaris ad pedalem, ereftus, laevis, ftriatus, | STA LK from a hand’s breadth to a foot in height, up-
uibangulofus, ramofus. & right, fmooth, ftriated, fomewhat angular,
Y branched.
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jOLIA alterna, petiolata, inferiora lanceolato-haftata, 0 LEAVES alternate, ftanding onfoot-ftalks, the lower
hamis fepius recurvis, in umbrofis fubglauca, Y ones lanceolate, and halbert-lhaped, the lobes
in apricis ut ut tota planta fanguinea, fuperi- $ forming the halbert, ufually bent upwards, in
lhady muations fomewhat glaucous, in ex-
pofed ones of a blood colour, as well as the
whole plant, the upper ones entire, betwixt
linear and lance-lhaped.
ora lineari-lanceolata.
ETIOLUS longitudine folii, inferne ftriatus, fuperne | LEAF-STALK the length of the leaf, on the under
canaliculatus, baft vaginans, vagina apice $ fide ftriated, above fingle-channelled; forming
membranaceä, albä, lacerä, faepe reflexä.
PIC/E plurimx, nudae, fubramofae, faepe nutantes.
a fheath at bottom, the tip of which is mem-
% branous, white, torn, and often reflexed.
b
| SPIKES numerous, naked, fomewhat branched, and
often drooping.
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'LORES mafculi ct fceminei in diftmftis plantis, mi- | FLOWERS male and female in feparate plants, very
nimi; Jig. i, 2. flos mafculns aufius ; Jig. 3. </ minute; Jig. 1, 2. a male flower magnified;
eJKL— iJZ. 9 jig, 3. a female flower-; fig. 4. the feed o f its
natural fize; fig. 5. the fame magnified.
foemipeus; fig. 4. fernen magnitudine n a tu - 1
rali; fig. 5. idem auft. b
j In reprefenting the two fexes (which occur in this as well as in the common Sorrel) we have intended that
|ne of them Ihould exprefs the plant in its dwarf ftate, as it ufually occurs on very dry, hilly paftures. In
tich fixations the whole plant is frequently found of a bright red colour. In more fhady afpe&s it grows
per, and the leaves aflume a greener hue. Wherever it abounds we may in general look on it as a fure
Wication of a dry, barren foil. H a l l e r obferves, that it is often found growing in coal-yards ( areis car-
Agriculturally confidered,
difficult extirpation.
muft number it with the \yeeds, and with thofe too, from its creeping roots,
h is found in flower from June to September.