"5. Monk's rhubarb-rumex alpinus.
"The Leper in England: with some account of English lazar-houses"
Robert Charles Hope
The generic name of several Docks is rumex, from the Hebrew rumach, a "spear"; others arc called lapathum, from the Greek verb lapazein, to cleanse, because they act medicinally as purgatives.
"Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure"
William Thomas Fernie