MONOECIA— TRIANDRIA. Sparganium. 73 



originating from former impregnation. The fertile catkins of 

 T. angustifolia aometlmes split longitudinally in growing. See 

 Engl. Bot. 



3. T. minor. Dwarf Cat's-tail or Reed-mace. 



Leaves linear, convex beneath. Catkins a little distant ; 

 barren one leafy ; fertile short and turgid ; often inter- 

 rupted. Anthers nearly solitary. Receptacle naked. 



T. minor. Fl. Br. 960. Engl. Bot. v.2\. t.] 457. M'illd. Sp. PL 

 v. 4. 197. Bauh.Hist.v.2.540.f. Dalech. Hist. 995. f. Lob, 

 /c. 81./. 



T. minima. fVilld. Sp. PL v. 4. 1 97. 



T. angustifolia /3. Li)in. Sp. PL 1378. Huds. 400. 



T. n. I30G p. HalL Hist. v. 2. 163. 



T. palustris minor. Bauh. Pin. 20. Theatr. 34\ ./. Dill, in Rail 

 Si/n. 436. 



T. minima, duplici clava. Moris, v. 3. 246, secf.S. t. 13./. 3. 



In marshes, but rare. 



Found by Mr. Dandridge on Hounslow Heath. Dillenius. 



Perennial. July. 



Much smaller than either of the preceding. Stem very slender, 

 about a foot, or foot and half, high. Leaves about a line in 

 breadth ; channelled above ; convex beneath ; as tall as the 

 stem ; pale and blunt at the point, being rather more tumid in 

 that part than the other species. They are accompanied by nu- 

 merous broad sheathing scales, the innermost of wliich arc half 

 as tall as the stems, and have been taken for leaves. W'illdenovv 

 not having seen a remark to this effect in E.ugl. Bot. has been 

 led to make two species out of one. The barren catkin often 

 bears a membranous leaf, or scale, at the base, or at the sum- 

 mit. The anthers are short and thick, mostly solitary on each 

 filament. Recept. apparently naked. Feri. catkin short and 

 thick, becoming tumid, and oval, as it ripens, frequently inter- 

 rupted about the middle ; its u))per half is sometimes' conti- 

 nuous with the barren catkin. Seeil with numerous bristles at 

 the base of its stalk. I have seen no English specimen of this 

 very distinct species ; but tlic older writers could not possibly 

 mistake it, nor would Linnanis, had he ever examined the plants, 

 have confounded it with tlie last. 



426. SPARGANIUM. Bur-rcod. 



Linn Gcn.\m. Juss.2G. Fl.Br.9u\. Tourn.t. 302. Lam.t.74S. 

 Geerln. t. 19. 



Nat. Orel, see //. 42.5. 



Burr. /L numerous, aggregate, in one, or moic, dense, su- 

 perior balls. CaL of.'), or more, oblong, obtuse, equal, 



