. Botany for secondary schools; a guide to the knowledge of the vegetation of the neighborhood. Plants. 512. Rumex Acetosella. Docks: herbage bitter: valves often grain-bearing: flowers mostly perfect: leaves not arrow-shaped. R. obtusifolius. Linn. Bitter dock. Lower leaves oblong-cordate and obtuse, not wavy: one valve usually grain-bearing. Weed from Europe. R. crispus, Linn. Curly dock. Leaves lanceolate, wavy or curled: all valves usually grain-bearing. Weed from Europe. aa. Sorrels: herbage sour: valves not grain-bearing: flowers diwcious: leaves arrow-shaped. R. Acetosella, Linn. Common
. Botany for secondary schools; a guide to the knowledge of the vegetation of the neighborhood. Plants. 512. Rumex Acetosella. Docks: herbage bitter: valves often grain-bearing: flowers mostly perfect: leaves not arrow-shaped. R. obtusifolius. Linn. Bitter dock. Lower leaves oblong-cordate and obtuse, not wavy: one valve usually grain-bearing. Weed from Europe. R. crispus, Linn. Curly dock. Leaves lanceolate, wavy or curled: all valves usually grain-bearing. Weed from Europe. aa. Sorrels: herbage sour: valves not grain-bearing: flowers diwcious: leaves arrow-shaped. R. Acetosella, Linn. Common ^or sheep sorrel. Fig. 512. Low (1 ft. or less): lvs. mostly arrow- shaped at base: flowers brownish, small, in a ter- minal panicle. Common in sterile fields. Europe. 3. FAGOPYRUM. Buckwheat. Fast-growing annuals, with somewhat triangular leaves, and fragrant flowers in flattish, panicle-like clusters: calyx of 5 parts: stamens 8: fruit a trian- gular achene. Old World. F. esculentum, Moench. Common buckwheat. Fig. 513. Leaves triangular-arrow-shaped, long- petioled: flowers white, in a compound cluster: achene with regular angles. Flour is made from the grain. F. tataricum, Gaertn. India wheat. Slenderer, the leaves smaller and more arrow-shaped and short-petioled: flowers greenish or yellowish, in simple racemes: achene notched on the angles. Somewhat 513. Fagopyrum 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, Macmillan
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