I 



% 



520 



MONOECfIA TRIANDRIA. 





\ 



r., p 



MO NO E CIA TRIANDRIA. 



TYPHA. Gen. Pl. 1401. 



*- 



1 



Masculi 



Amentum 



Male Florets 



Ament 



^ 



Calyx 



cylindricum. Calyx cylindrical, 

 obsoletus, triphyllus. obsolete, three-leaved. 



Corolla 0. 



Foeminei 



Amen 



turn cylindricum, infra I lindrical, 



masculos. Calyx 0. 



Corolla 0. 



Female— Ament cy- 



the 



Co- 



below 



> 



male. 



Calyx 0. 



Corolla 0. Semen 1, rolla 0. /yeecf 1, pedi- 

 pedicellatum; pedicello cellate; the pedicpl 

 basi pilis longis pappi I surrounded at base by 

 instar cincto. 



long hairs r 

 a pappus. 



esembling 



1. Latifolia. 



T. foliis linearibus 



Leaves linear 



planis; spica mascula male and fem 



9 



flat; 

 pike 



femineaque approxi- 



malis, utraque cylin- 

 drica. 



pproximate, both cy 



lindric 





Sp. pl. 4. p. 197. t\^alt, p. 227. Pursh, 1. p. 34. Nutt, 



Root fibrous, perennial- Culm sbout six feet high, terete 

 Leaves as tall as the stem, nearly an inch Vide, strap-shaped 

 acute, sheathing the stem at base, 

 the summit of the cuhn, the upper c} 

 <rf three? very minute scales. 

 Anthers oblong, furrowed. F 

 by a, small interval from that 



P 



.202. 



glabrous, 

 labrous, 



Flowers in long cylindrScal masses ne^ 



i /Under staminiferous. Ca!}/xcompo^ 



Stamens three, the filaments united? at oa • 

 •' forets beneath, the cylinder separate 



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