4 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



SPECIES II.-TYPHA ANGUSTIPOLIA. Linn. 



Plate MCCCLXXXVI. 



Beicli. Ic. Fl. Gorm. et Helv. Vol. IX. Tab. CCCXX. Fig. 744. 

 Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 2943. 



Leaves naiTowly linear, nearly flat on the inside, slightly convex on 

 the back, not glaucous. Male and female spikes separated by an 

 interval of naked racliis; the former without subfoliaceous bracts. 

 Female spike elougate-cylindiical, rusty colour in fruit : stigma linear- 

 subulate; hairs of the axis slightly thickened towards the apex, so 

 as to be somewhat scalelike. 



In ditches and pools. Not unfrequent in England, and -widely dis- 

 tributed. Very rare in Scotland, where it is said to grow in Loch 

 ]\[aben, Dumfries, Colvend Manse Loch. Kirkcudbright, and Lindores 

 Loch, Fife. Rai'e in Ireland, and conlined to Dublin and Antrim. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Summer. 



Very similar to T. latifolia, but readily distinguishable by its 

 narrower leaves {\ to | inch long), which are more convex on the 

 back, and deep green, not glaucous. The spikes are always separated 

 by about an inch, and occasionally the female spike is divided into 

 2 portions; it is usually longer and considerably thinner than in 

 T. latifolia, not exceeding J inch in breadth even in fruit, when it is 

 of a bright rusty brown. The broader stigmas and hairs give a more 

 scaly aspect to the spike than in T. latifolia. 



Smith mentions that in the marshes of Great Oakley, Essex, the 

 Rev. Revett Sheppard found what seems a variety of T. angustifolia, 

 with much thicker fertile spikes than usual ; and as it was growuig 

 with T. latifolia, Mr. Sheppard thought it might be a hybrid between 

 the two. 



Narrow-leaved Cafs Tail. 



French, Massette a fouiUes etroites. German, Sckmalhlilttriges Kolheiirohr, 

 Schmale Bohrlcolbe. 



GENUS //.— S PARGANIUM. Tournef. 



Flowers inoncecious ; the male and female in several separate globular 

 heads, one above the other in a spike, raceme, or panicle separated 

 distinctly; the male flowers towards the apex of the stem, and 

 also of the branches, when the flowers are paniculate; the sepai*ate 

 heads, or at least the female ones, with large foliaceous persistent 

 bracts. Male flowers very numerous : perianth none(?): stamens 3 ; 

 filaments distinct or nearly so, surrounded by 3 to 6 scales dilated at 



