TYPHACEiE 



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6 stamens (sometimes 3), and the ovary 3-celled. 

 There is 1 style with 3 stigmas, and the fruit is a 

 capsule. 



Great Wood-Rush — Luzula sylvatica 



(Plate CVII) 



This is one of the larger species, growing to 

 the height of 2 feet, and is not uncommon in 

 dry woods. The leaves are very long and hairy 

 at the edges, and are sometimes jointed. The 

 flowers are reddish. 



Order XCIX. Eriocairfacecz (1 genus) 



The only British species is found in the Hebrides 

 and West of Ireland ; and being unknown on the 

 continent of Europe, though a native of North 

 America, presents one of those curious problems 

 in the geographical distribution of animals and 

 plants which we have not yet sufficient data to 

 solve. The Pipewort {Eriocaulon septangulare) is 

 a tufted plant, with a white jointed root creeping 



in the mud at the bottom of lakes, tufts of 

 pointed leaves, and a compact flower-head, with 

 4 lobes in the perianth, the inner ones scarcely 

 divided in the males, 4 stamens and 2 stigmas. 

 The flowers are very small, and rise above the 

 surface of the water. 



Order C. Typhacecc (2 genera) 



A small family of water-plants, including two 

 British genera, Typha and Sparganium. They re- 

 semble reeds, and the flowers are closely clustered 

 together round long stalks, the male flowers above 

 and the female flowers below. The perianth con- 

 sists of 3 or more scales or bristles, and there are 

 3 stamens and 1 ovary. The fruit is nutlike, and 

 contains a single seed. 



The Reed-Mace {Typha latifolid) is one of our 

 tallest water-plants, 6 or 7 feet high, with long 

 sword-like leaves, and a flower-spike several inches 

 long, the upper part yellow when in flower, and 

 the lower part brown and downy. Several of the 

 beautiful metallic beetles of the genus Donatio,, 



