CAT-TAIL FAMILY. 347 
Orper LXXUI. TYPHA’CEA. (Cat-ram Famtry.) 
herbs, with linear or narrow-ensiform leaves, sheathing at base, and_ oe 
finer rea of _ glo 
a inh ao tte when ripe, l-seeded. Seed suspended ; embryo phase er a 
1. TY’PHA, Tournef. Cat-ratn. 
[Greck, typhos, a bog or marsh ; from its place of growth.] 
owers in a long dense terminal oe pore spike with an 
intervening iss wcous spathe—the upper gare nsisting of stamens 
only, intermixed with s simple hairs—the lower ortion consisting of 
ovaries sures nded by numerous clavate isbn EG chi simple. Nutlets 
minute, talked. Smooth perennials with as, and aims 
join tes stems and foi narrow, thickish, drect Tears which nearly equal 
1. T, latifo’lia, Z. Leaves somewhat ensiform-linear, flat ; staminate 
and pistillate spikes mostly contiguous. 
Broap-LEaveD Typua. Cat-tail. Coopers’ Reed. Reed-mace. 
Fr. Masse d’eau. Germ. Die Rohrkolbe. Span, Espadatia. 
Culm 4-5 feet high, iy’ ow 2 a solid with Lage bred at base. Leaves about 
as long ah ere eu ray *- neh wide, tapering x but obtuse, sheathi 
the culm naka ashe, 6-8 in cher ead: axl neon sh: scene 
eter, ass i sg brown, with a sheathing membranaceous caducous spathe as long as the 
e. Pistillate immediately ete eg! imo = thick as) the a ome te one, 
4-6 inches long, greenish-brow oe th the stamina 
spike, sometimes with a naked > da roi between 
re Pools an and Swampy springs : i meri me ite States. FI. Fane July, Fr. Sep- 
spikes, for the amie of filling beds; but it becomes exceedingly dusty 
and unpleasant, is even unhealthy,—in every respect a abl 
subatitat Ag clean wes eon or cut straw. A narrow-leaved variety, 
es (T, angustifolia, L.), is found in similar 
itaaiiona , 16 it ial i the staminate and Bs ilinte portions of the 
spike separated by an interval. 
Oxper LXXIV. ALISMA’CEZ. Ewha Perea Fatty.) 
herbs with scape-like stems and perfect ee moneecious flowers, not ona agains far- 
nished with both calyz and corolla ; sepals an cach.$ distinct, Stamens hyp: 
nous, 6— pe Ovaries 3-many, "becoming a many 1 -2-seeded Bake or akenes. 
Embryo Leaves § sheathing at 
ascetiding or 
L SAGITTA'RIA, L. aitinaisase 
Sagitia 
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