A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



Flowers in a compact head; the yellow petals from between 

 tightly overlapping scales, (see Figs. 23 and 25) ... Yellow- 

 eyed Grass no. 22 

 Flowers arranged as in Figs. 27-31, or in some modification of 



it (see Figs. 27-31) Jack-in-the-Pulpit Family no. 26 



Flowers never yellow, nor arranged in clusters, such as the 

 Jack-in-the-pulpit, and its relatives ; usually but not always 

 swamp or bog plants 



Flowers in compact finger-shape clusters Cat-tail no. 3 



Flowers not so 



Flowers relatively large, white . . . Water-plantain Fam- 

 ily no. 6 

 Flowers small, arranged in various kinds of clusters. 

 Flower-clusters globe-shaped 



Flower-clusters terminal, solitary, (see Fig. 13) 



Pipe-worts no. 12 

 Flower-cluster not terminal, nor solitary, (see Figs. 



16 and 18) Bur-reeds no. 15 



Flower-clusters not globe-shaped Arrow grass 



Family no. 19 



3. CAT-TAIL. TYPHA. 



Upright marsh perennials with long sword-shaped leaves 

 and minute bristle-like flower crowded into a dense spike- 

 like golden-brown cluster, finger-shaped. (Typhaceac.) 

 Often forming immense cat-tail marshes, where nothing else 

 grows for thousands of acres. 



Leaves usually over >^ in. wide, the flower-cluster continuous. 



4. Cat-tail. Typha latifolia. Up to 6 ft. high and usually 

 growing in dense colonies. Leaves distinctly striped. Flower 

 clusters about i in. thick and 4-12 in. long. July. Through- 

 out North America. Fig. 4. 



Leaves usually less than % in. wide, the flower-cluster divided into 

 an upper and lower part, which is not continuous. 



5. Narrow-leaved Cat-tail. Typha angustifolia. Similar to 

 the preceding but with narrower leaves and an interrupted 

 flower-cluster. July. Nova Scotia to Florida, along the coast. 

 Scattered and rare inland. 



