Typhaceae. Cat-tail Family. 
Tall herbs from creeping rootstocks, commonly found growing in water or 
marshy ground. Leaves linear, flat, ascending, basal, sheathing at the base. 
MAle and female flowers borne on the same plant but separately in terminal 
oblong, densely crowded spikes, the staminate spikes uppermost and more slender. 
Perianth of bristles only. Stamens 2-7, the filaments branching. Ovary 1, 
1-2°04 i, the styles as many as the chanbersis: Pruidn amcachene .Bristles and 
sterile club-shaped flowers are interspersed among the fertile ones. 
Characters of the family: the only genus. 
Typha Le Cat-tail. 
1. T. Jatifolia Ll. —SamBRNe————» Commonly as tall as a man, stout; 
leaves 10-20 mm. broad, flat, tapering above, expanded and sheathing at the 
base; pistillate spikes a rich brown, 12-25 cm. long when mature, 2.5-3 om. 
thick; staminate spikes not separated by a portion of barren stem, 12-15 cm. 
long, 1 cm. wide, tapering, the staminate flowers dropping in age, leaving the 
tip of the stem naked; achenes disseminated by the silky tuft of bristles. 
Frequent in boggy meadows, open swamps and roadside pools below 3000 ft. 
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