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Rumex (the Latin name, of unknown origin). Polygonaceae. Dock. Sorrel. Herbs, mostly perennial with strong roots, usually weedy, but some of them afford leaves for "greens," and others are useful for bold effects.

Rumex (the Latin name, of unknown origin). Polygonaceae. Dock. Sorrel. Herbs, mostly perennial with strong roots, usually weedy, but some of them afford leaves for "greens," and others are useful for bold effects.

Rumex is closely allied to Fagopyrum, the buckwheats, Rheum, the rhubarbs, and Polygonum, the jointweeds. The rumexes are mostly leafy-stemmed plants, with small fls. in panicles, the pedicels usually in whorls and jointed: fls. perfect or imperfect, with 6-parted calyx (no petals), the 3 inner lobes larger and generally one or all of them bearing a grain or tubercle near the center; these more or less enlarged inner calyx-lobes or sepals are called "valves" in fr.; stamens 6; stigmas 3: fr. a 3-sided often margined or winged achene.—Species probably considerably more than 100, in many parts of the world, some of them on dry land and some in swamps; a few species are widespread weeds in temperate climates, being among the commonest of intro. plants about old buildings and in waste places. They have little horticultural value. Prop. readily by seeds. In the larger species the sts. are grooved and hollow. Most of them are erect-growing plants. See Dock and Sorrel.

Rumex is closely allied to Fagopyrum, the buckwheats, Rheum, the rhubarbs, and Polygonum, the jointweeds. The rumexes are mostly leafy-stemmed plants, with small fls. in panicles, the pedicels usually in whorls and jointed: fls. perfect or imperfect, with 6-parted calyx (no petals), the 3 inner lobes larger and generally one or all of them bearing a grain or tubercle near the center; these more or less enlarged inner calyx-lobes or sepals are called "valves" in fr.; stamens 6; stigmas 3: fr. a 3-sided often margined or winged achene. Species probably considerably more than 100, in many parts of the world, some of them on dry land and some in swamps; a few species are widespread weeds in temperate climates, being among the commonest of intro. plants about old buildings and in waste places. They have little horticultural value. Prop. readily by seeds. In the larger species the sts. are grooved and hollow. Most of them are erect-growing plants. See Dock and Sorrel.

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