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MONOECIA TRIANPRU. 

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



Linn. Gen. 470. Juss.25. H. Br. 959. Tourn.t. 301. Lam. t. 748. 

 Gcertn. t. 2. 



Nat. Ord. Calamaria:. Linn. 3. Piperitcc. Linn. Ms. Ty- 

 phcc. Juss. 8. AroidciC. Br. Prodr. 338. A^^. 426 the same. 



Barr.Jl. numerous, in a dense, soft, cylindrical, terminal 

 catkin^ whose common receptacle is hairy or scaly. Cal. 

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

 long, obtuse, furrowed, on one common /ilcancjU . 



Pert. jl. numerous, in the lower part, conthiuous or inter- 

 rupted, of the same ca^/.//^. Ca/. none. Co;-, none. Germ. 

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

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

 beset with several capillary bristles, attached to the base 

 of its stalk. 



Creeping-rooted, aquatic, upright herbs, with wand-like, 

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

 linear, ei*ect, long, nairow, entire, smooth. Catkin ter- 

 minal, erect. Anth. yellow, deciduous. Fert.Jl. brown. 

 Perhaps this genus ought to be referred to Monoecia 

 Monadelpliia. 



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. Willd. v. 4. 197. Fl. Br. 959. 



Engl. Bot. V.21. t. 1455. Hook. Scot. 259. Leers 207. Ft. Dan. 



t. 645. 

 T. major. Curt. Lond.fasc. 3. t. 6] . 

 T. n. 1305. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 163. 

 Typha. Ruii Sijn. 436. Fuchs. Hist. S23 f. Ger. Em. 46. f. Lob. 



Ic. 8 1 ./. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 216./. Camer. Epit. 607."/ 

 T. aquatica. Trag. Hist. 68 1 ./. Dalech. Hist. 994./ 

 T. palustris major. Bauli. Pin. 20. Theatr.337 .f. Bauh. Hist. v.2. 



539./ Moris, v. 3. 246. sect. 8. t. 13./ 1. 

 Juncus asper Dodonsei. Dalech. Hist. 989./. 



In ponds, ditches, and slow sticaras^ often among reeds. 

 Perennial, Juhj. 



