112 TRTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Sparganium. 



Great Cat's Tall. Reed-mace. Banks of rivers, fish ponds, 



and in marshes. 



P. July. 



angustifolia. T. Leaves semi-cylindrical : spike with the male and fe- 

 male florets at some distance. 



Curt. ItiQ-FL dan. S\5-Toum. 301-F. ox. viii. 13. row 



3. 2-Park. 1204. 2. 



* 



Leaves, spike and spike-stalk much more slender, though the 

 plant grows as tall and as firm as the T. latifolia.- The fertile 

 and barren spikes generally about 1 inch asunder. Woodward. 

 Leaves sheathing the stem, semi-cylindrical below, flat and strap- 

 shaped towards the end. 



Small Cat*s-taiL Ditches and ponds. [Clay pits in Nor- 

 folk and Suffolk, frequent. Mr. Woodward. — Pool near Chart- 

 ley house. Mr. Bagot.1 



Var. 2. When growing among rocks, and its roots confined, 



it becomes smaller, but its spikes more numerous. Linn. 



Hounslow Heath. R. Syn* 



mm 



■7 



SPARGA'NIUM. Flowers crowded into a glo- 

 bular form : male and female on the same 

 plant. 

 Male. Cal. 3 -leaved. 



Fem. Cal. 6- leaved : Summits 1 or 1. Fruit a 



juiceless Drupa, superior, of 1 cell, and 1 

 or 2 seeds. 



ramo'sum.- S. Leaves triangular at the base, the sides concave : fruit- 

 stalks branched. 



Curt. 342~£. hot. 1±\-Kniph. 12-Leers 13. ll-#. ox. viii. 



13. row 2. \-Tourn. 302-C B. th. 22S-ZW. 6*01. 



Lob. obs. 41. 3 ; iV, i. SO. l~Ger. em. 45. l-Park. 1205. 



1-Pet. 72. 9-Cam. epit. 732- J. B. ii. 541. l-Mattb. 990 

 —Ger. 41. 1. 



Leaves flat towards the end. Globes of male flowers upper- 



most. 



Greater Burvoeed. 



Mr 



having characterized and figured another species which is equally 



erect. I have adopted his specific character and his trivial name. 



Ditches, marshes, and banks of rivers. P. July. 



simplex. S. Leaves triangular at the base, the sides flat: fruit-stalk* 



unbranched. (Curtis.) 



