200 HEXANDRIA— TRIGYNIA. Triglochin. 



Cal. inferior, of 3 roundish, obtuse, concave, deciduous 

 leaves. Pet. 3, ovate, concave, bluntish, similar to the 

 calyx, but somewhat longer. Filam. very short, 3 op- 

 posite to the calyx, 3 to the corolla. Anth. large, round- 

 ish, of 2 lobes. Gennen superior, large, ovate-oblong, 

 with 3 or 6 furrows. Styles none. Stigm. 3 or 6, re- 

 flexed, feathery. Caps, linear, or ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 with as many cells as there are stigmas, opening at the 

 base with pointed valves. Seeds solitary, oblong, pointed, 

 triangular. 



Perennial marsh herbs ; with copious, radical, linear leaves; 

 and a stalked, oblong cluster, of numerous, small, green 

 jiawers. 



1 . T, palustre. Marsh Arrow-grass. 



Capsule nearly linear, of three cells ; tapering at the base. 



Root fibrous. 

 T. palustre. Linn. Sp. PI.A82. mild.v.2.264. F/. Br. 398. Engl. 



Bot. V. 6. t. 366. Hook. Land. t. 98. Scot.l\4. Fl. Dan. t. 490. 



Leers 92. t. 12./. 5. Ehrh. Calam. 119. 

 T. n. 1. Linn, in Stockh. Trans.for 1742. 147. t. 6.f. I, 2, 3. 

 T. n. 1308. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 165. 

 Juncago palustris et vulgaris. Raii Stjn. 435. 

 Gramen triglochin. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 508./. Dalecli. Hist. 43 1 ./. 

 G. junceum spicatum, seu Triglochin. Bauh. Pin. 6. Theair. 8 1 ./. 



Moris. V. 3. 228. sect. 8. t. 2.f. 18. 

 G. aquaticum spicatum. Ger. Em. 13 ; not the/. 

 G. marinum spicatum. Ger. Em. 20 ; the figure only. 

 G. marinum spicatum alterum. Lob. Ic. \7.f. 

 Calamagrostis. Trag. Hist. 679. lejt handf. 

 C. n.4. Dalech. Hist. 1006./. 



In wet boggy meadows, frequent. 



Perennial. Ju7ie, July. 



Root fibrous. Leaves all radical, numerous, sheathing, in 2 ranks, 

 linear, channelled, smooth, about a span long, nearly upright. 

 Stalk solitary, axillary, not central, a foot high, simple, naked, 

 round or slightly angular. Cluster erect, of 20, or more, small, 

 reddish-green, upright, alternate powers, without bracteas. As 

 the capsules ripen, their sharp elastic valves, separating at the 

 base, give them the appearance of a three-barbed arrow-head. 

 There are rudiments of 3 intermediate cells. The leaves have a 

 salt flavour, and are therefore thought salutary, as they certainly 

 are acceptable, to sheep. Cows are said likewise to feed on this 

 plant. 



