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MONOECIA TRIAl^DRIA. 



425. TYPHA. Cat's-tail, or Reed-mace. 



Linn.Gen.479. Juss. 25. FLBr.959. Tourn.t. 301. Lam. t. 748. 

 Gcertn. t. 2. 



Nat. Ord. Calamarice. Linn. 3. Piperita;. Linn. Ms. Ty- 

 plicE. Juss. 8. AroidecE. Br. Prodi . 338. 'N. 426 the same. 



Barr. Jl, numerous, in a dense, soft, cylindrical, terminal 

 catkin, whose common 7-eccptacle is hairy or scaly. Cal. 

 none. Cor. none. Anth. 3, more or less, drooping, ob- 

 long, obtuse, furrowed, on one common Jilament. 



Fert.Jl. numerous, in the lower part, continuous or inter- 

 rupted, of the same catkin. Cal. none. Cor. none. Germ. 

 superior, stalked, elliptic-oblong. Style capillary. Stigma 

 simple. Seed solitary, ovate, crowned with the style, and 

 beset with several capillary bristles, attached to the base 

 of its stalk. 



Creeping-rooted, aquatic, upright herbs, with wand-like, 

 cylindrical, simple stems, leafy at the bottom only. Leaves 

 linear, erect, long, narrow, entire, smooth. Catkin ter- 

 minal, erect. Anth. yellow, deciduous. Fert.Jl. brown. 

 Perhaps this genus ought to be referred to Monoecia Mo- 

 nadelphia. 



1. T. latifolia. Great Cat's-tail or Reed-mace. 



Leaves somewhat convex beneath. Catkin continuous. Re- 

 ceptacle hairy. 



T. latifolia. Linn. Sp. PI 12,7 7 . Willd. v. 4.197. FL Br. 959. 



Engl.Bot.v.2i. t.\455. Hook. Scot. 259. Leers 207 . Fl. Dan. 



^645. 

 T. major. Curt. Lond.fasc. 3. t.&\. 

 T. n. 1305. Hall. Hist, v 2. 163. 

 Typha. Rail Syn. 436. Fuchs. Hist. 823. f. Ger. Em. 46./. Lob. 



Ic. 81 ./. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 216. f. Camer. Epit. 607. f. 

 T. aquatica. Trag. Hist. 681. f. Dalech. Hist. 994./. 

 T. palustris major. Bauh. Pin. 20, Theair.337 ./. Bauh. Hist. v.2. 



539./. Moris, v. 3. 246. sect. 8. t.l3./.i. 

 Juncus aspev Dodonsei. Dalech. Hist. 989./ 



In ponds, ditches, and slow streams, often among reeds. 

 Perennial. Juli/. 



