262 TYPHACE.E. [Tt/pha. 



one cell and many seeds. — Name ; formerly written Avon, 

 and supposed to be an ancient Egyptian word by which one of 

 this tribe was known. Monozcia. Polyandria. 



1. A. maculatum, Linn. Cuch ow -pint or Wake-robin. Leaves 

 all radical, hastato-sagittate, lobes deflexed ; spadix club- 

 shaped, obtuse, shorter than the spatha. Br. Fl. 1. p. 406. E. 

 Fl. v. iv. p. 146. E. Bot. t. 1298. 



Groves and hedge-banks, plentiful in many places about Dublin, 

 Cork, Belfast, <Vc. Fl. April, May. %. — Root a tuber, affording an 

 abundant amylaceous substance. — Leaves large, shining, often spotted 

 with black. Spatha large, convolute. Above the germens, on the 

 spadix, is a ring or circle of 2-celled, sessile anthers, and above these, 

 another of apparently imperfect germens. The extremity of the spa- 

 dix is purplish. Berries remaining during winter, after the leaves and 

 spadix have decayed ; crowded into an oblong spike of a bright scarlet 

 colour. 



Ord. 74. TYPHACEJL. Lindl. Reed-mace Family. 



Flowers monoecious, arranged upon a naked spadix. Pe- 

 rianth 3-parted. Stamens three or six ; filaments long and 

 slender ; anthers wedge-shaped, erect. Ovary single, superior, 

 1-celled; ovule solitary, pendulous ; style short; stigmas 1 — 2, 

 linear, simple. Fruit dry, indehiscent, 1-celled, 1-seeded. 

 Embryo in the centre of albumen, straight, taper, with a cleft 

 in one side, in which lies the plumule ; radicle next the hilum. 

 — Herbs growing in marshes or ditches. Stems without nodi. 

 Leaves rigid, ensiform, with parallel veins. 



1. Typha. Linn. Cat's-tail or Reed-mace. 



Flowers collected into very dense, cylindrical spikes or catkins. 

 Barrett fl. Perianth none. Stamens three together upon a 

 chaffy or hairy receptacle, united below into one filament. 

 Fertile fl. Perianth none. Pericarp pedicellate, surrounded 

 at the base with hairs resembling a pappus — Name ; 7i<pos, a 

 marsh, where the plant grows. Monozcia. Triandria. 



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

 linear, nearly plane ; sterile and fertile catkins continuous. Br. 

 Fl. 1. p. 386. E. FL v. iv. p. 71. E. Bot. t. 1455. 



Borders of ponds, lakes, and in ditches, frequent. Fl. July, Aug. 

 % . — Leaves very long, about an inch broad. Catkins very long, close 

 together ; fertile one greenish-brown ; sterile one yellow, with one or 

 two large membranaceous bracteas. 



2. T. angustifolia, Linn. Narrow-leaved Reed-mace. Leaves 

 linear, grooved below ; sterile and fertile catkins a little distant 



