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MONO EC I A TRIJNDRIA. 

 425. TYPHA. Cat's-tail, or Reed-mace. 



Linn. Gen. 479. Juss.2o. Fl.Br.9j9. Tourn.t. 301. Lam. t. 748. 

 Gcsrtn. t. 2. 



Nat. Ord. Calamaricc, Linn. 3. Piperitce. Linn. Ms. Zy- 

 phcs. Juss. 8. Avoid ecu. Br. Prodr. 338. A^. 426 the same. 



Ba?T, Jl. numerous, in a dense, soft, cylindrical, terminal 

 catkin, whose common receptacle is hairy or scaly. CaL 

 none. Cor.. none. Anth. 3, more or less, drooping, ob- 

 long, obtuse, furrowed, on one common ^fil am C7if. 



Fert.Ji. numerous, in the lower part, continuous or inter- 

 rupted, of the same c^/^/-/^. C«/. none. Cbr. none. Germ. 

 superior, stalked, elliptic-oblong. Stijle capillary. Stigma 

 simple. Seed solitary, ovate, crowned with the style, and 

 beset with several capillary bristles, attached to the base 

 of its stalk. 



Cree})ing-rooted, aquatic, upright herbs, with wand-like, 

 cylindrical, simple stems, leafy at the bottom only. Leaves 

 linear, erect, long, narrow, entire, smooth. Catkin ter- 

 minal, erect. Aiith. yellow, deciduous. Fert.Ji. brown, 

 l^erhaps this genus ought to be referred to Monoecia Mo- 

 Jiadelphia. 



1. T. latifolia. Great Cat's-tail or Reed-mace. 



Leaves somewhat convex beneath. Catkin continuous. Re- 

 ceptacle hairy. 



T. latifolia. Linn. Sp. PL 1377. mild. v. 4. 197. Fl. Br. D.VJ. 



Engl. But. v.2\. t. 1455. Hook. Scot. 259. Lecrs207. Fl. Dan. 



t.G4:>. 

 T. major. Curt. Lond.fasc. 3. t.G\. 

 T. n. 1305. Hall. Hist, v 2. 1G3. 

 Typha. Had Syn. 430. Fuchs. Hist. 823./. Ger. Em. 40./. Lvb, 



Ic. 8 1 ./. Matth. / algr. v. 2. 210./. Camer. Epit. 007.'./'- 

 T. aquatica. Trag. Hust. 08!./ Daltrli. Hist. DIM./ 

 T. palustris major. Bauh. Pin. 20. Theatr.X\7 . f. Bank. Hist. v.'l. 



531)../'. Moris. V. 3. 240. sect. H. /. 1 3./ 1 . 

 Junciis aspcr Dodoniui, Dalcili. llist. 9>^9. J. 

 In ponds, ditches, and slow streams, often among reeds. 

 Perenninl. Juhj. 



