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No. I. Galingale 

 * ton jus, .) 



* now**, with \gluLe, 3 

 stamens, and pistil with 3 

 stigmas and long style, b, 

 Spikelet, with glumes, 

 anthers ripe. c, Flower 

 ing stem, with spikelets in 

 clusters of 3-8, with bracts 

 in an umbellate cyme, 

 sbractsatt* 



and I pistil 

 r sljjgmas. 



briitles. 



enla^gtd. % Plant,/ 

 roots^pk, and tufted stems, 

 with 



3. Cotton Crass 



jlume, 3 sta- 

 3-fid stigmas 

 and bristles. 



Nut, with long cotton -like 

 sties. <r, Leaf, sheathed 

 below, 3-angied abore. 4 

 with alternate leaves, 

 and spi' 1<L *' 



No. 4, Prickly Twig Rush 

 (Cladium Mariscus, Br.) 



a, Andrcecium and gynae- 

 cium, 2 stamens, and pistil// 

 with 2 stigmas, b, Glume./ j 



Spikelet with glumes and 

 ripe anthers exserted. d, 

 Upper part of stem, with 

 leaves, and spikelets in cyme. 

 f, Leaf, showing rough edges, 

 and 3-angled section. 



Ill 



flower, |tith>dlujjibe, 



stamens ri 



<f, pstih^W^udBt V 

 with fc stigmas and style 

 in perigynium. >, Spike of 

 flowers with bracts below 

 each duster, in male condi- 

 tion, or showing all males. 

 As a rule only top spikelets 

 are male, and not bisexual 

 </, Spike, with bracts, and 

 spikelets in axils in fruit. 

 *, Rbotstock, with sheaths, 

 and 3-angled leaves above, 

 alternate, an^ sheathing 

 VAU fch. 



perigynium forming, and beak 

 with 2 stigmas, with glume 

 with bristly beak. , Spike, 

 with large bract below, and 

 small dusters of spikelets 

 with smaller bracts in fruit- 

 ing stage. 4 Stem rough, 

 3-angled, with sheathing 

 leaves (alternate). *, Spike, 

 in male condition, or with 

 males above, and bisexual 

 flowers below in male stage, 

 with bracts, large one Below, 

 and smaller below each 

 cluster of spikelets. The 

 figure as drawn approximates 

 in length of spikelets t >[&ej 

 hybrid CAxMaru/l In male 

 condition or when immature 

 it should typically have the 

 form 



