40 31. Typha. S. TYPHACEJS. Pl.end.ph. 



Platanaria natcms. Floating rilhandwort. 



Leaves decumbent, flat. 



Spa-gan'mm miniinuni, Baii S^n. 437,3; Park, 1205. 



Sp. natans, Lin. S. P. 1378. 



Sp. simplex /S, Huds. Fl. AngAOl. 



Rivulets and ponds in muddy soils ; perennial ; July. 



III. 31. TYPHA. Theophrastus. Beedmace, 



Ament cylindrical, terminal ; filament one ; anthers three, 

 oblong, quadrangular ; ovary pedicelled ; peduncle long and 

 girt at the base with pappi ; style awlshape, persistent ; 

 stigma simple. — Root creeping; culm erect, simple; leaves 

 swordshape, sheathing at the base ; male ament above. 



1. Typha latifolia. Broadleaf reedmace. 

 Leaves linear, flat, rather swordshape; male anA female 



spikes close together; both cylindrical. 



Typlia, Rail Sj/w. 436, 1; Ger. eniAQ. 

 T. paliistris maxim;i. Park. 1204. 

 T. latifolia, Lin. S. P. 1377. 

 T. major, Curtis Fl. I.ond, 3, 61. 



Ponds and slow rivers ; perennial ; July. 



Culm 6 to 8 feet high, erect, not branched, jointless, 

 leafed at the bottom ; leaves upright, nearly as long as the 

 culm, linear, sharp pointed; ament terminal, upright, many- 

 flowered, close ; male fiowers above, rather leaty, yellow ; 

 females below, brown. 



Pollen abundant, used to produce flashes of fire; leaves 

 used for basket-work and mats. 



2. Typha angustifolia. Narrowleaved reedmace. 

 Leaves linear, channelled, convex on the back ; male and 



fem^ale spikes remote from one another, both cylindrical. 



Typlia palustris media, Raii S^w. 4?.6, 2. 



T. minor, Park. 1204 ; Curtis FL Land. 3, 62. 



T. angustifoiia, Lin. S'. P. 1377. 



Ponds and ditches; perennial; June, July. 

 Culm about three feet high, slender; leaves semicylin- 

 drical below. 



Used also for baskets and mats. 



^. mi'ior. Spike and leaves slender. 

 Gravelly soils. 



., 3. Typha media, f Mean reedmace. 



Leaves linear, channelled ; culm naked, sheathed at the 

 base ; Jcmale spike short, thick, remote from the male. 



