332 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
Monacia. TRIANDRIA, 
PETALOIDE. TYPHACE. 
TYPHA. (Cav’s-raiz, or REEDMACE.) 
Generic Character. Flowers collected into a very thick cylin- 
drical spike or catkin. 
TypHA LATIFOLIA. Great Cat’s-tail, or Reedmace. A very 
striking plant, sometimes six feet high, found on the borders 
of ponds and lakes. The leaves are very long, in some spe- 
cimens nearly an inch broad. The spike of flowers grows 
about a foot in length, of a greenish-brown colour; the 
fertile and barren catkins close together. When dried they 
make a good hat-brush, and, I believe, are used by the poor 
for that purpose, and also for brushing velvet, for which I 
should think them very suitable. The leaves are used for 
thatching, and in the manufacture of baskets and mats. 
There is a smaller species, 7. angustifolia, not so common as 
the last, with much narrower leaves, the catkins very long, 
slender, separated by an interval of an inch. 
