PETALOIDEJE. 135 



rington Marsh. Topsham and Exminster marshes. (E. B. t. 

 255.) P. TII. vin. 



ORD. CL TYPHACEJE. 



TYPHA. CAT'S-TAIL, OR REED-MACE. 



T. latifolia (great Reed-Mace.} Margins of ponds and lakes. 

 Stems from 3 to 6 feet high ; leaves very long, and sometimes 

 aearly an inch broad, erect and linear. Flowers terminating the 

 stem, in two continuous cylindrical spikes ; the upper male spike 

 yellow ; the lower female one dark brown and velvety. When in 

 fruit the upper spike becomes a bare stalk, while the lower one 

 enlarges considerably from the swelling of the seeds. Hackney 

 clay-pits, near Kingsteignton. Near Chudleigh. (E. B. 1. 1455). 

 P. VII. VIII. 



SPARGANIUM. BUR-REED. 



1. S. raxnosum (branched Bur- Reed.} By the sides of ditches, 

 lakes, and ponds. Root-leaves very long, linear, sword-shaped, 

 triangular at the base ; stems 2 feet or more high, with a few long 

 linear leaves, having broad membranous sheaths at their base. 

 Flowers in a scattered panicle, formed of from 3 to 6 or 8 simple 

 branches, each bearing several heads of male and female flowers. 

 Ditches near Torre Abbey. Paignton. (E. B. t. 744.) P. vii. 



2. S. simplex (unbrancJied upright J3.) In ditches and by 

 stagnant pools. Smaller than the last ; leaves narrower. Stem 

 unbranched ; flowers sessile at the summit of the simple stem, 

 the lowest female flower however having a short flower-stalk. 

 River Exe, below Cowley Bridge. Clyst, near Clyst Bridge, Fl. 

 D. (E.B. t. 745.) P. vn. 



OED. OIL ARACE.E. 



ARUM. CUCKOO-PINT. 



A. maculatum (Cuckoo-pint, or WaJce-roUn.) In copses 

 and woods, under hedges, etc. Leaves large, radical, on long 

 stalks, ovate-hastate, of a shining green, frequently spotted with 

 black or purple. Spatha, or sheath in which the spike is con- 

 tained, 6 or 8 inches long, swelling out above and below, con- 



