PLATE XLV 
TYPHA LATIFOLIA 
56, Two plants connected by underground rhizome, showing also new offsets at bases o 
old plants. 57, Two pieces of rhizome with outer covering removed to show the relative 
size of the central starchy core. 58, Leaf with part of the upper epidermis removed to show 
the structure. 59, Cat-tail heads as they appear in late fall. (The one on the left is infested 
with the larvae of Lymnaecia phragmitella; the one on the right is uninfested.) 60, Cross| 
section of a rhizome 
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