2<J4 MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. Sparganium. 



MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 



T\THA. Cat's-tall, or Reed-mace. 



T. latifolia. Great C. or Reed-mace. Leaves some- 

 what sword-shaped, convex beneath. Catkin conti- 

 nuous, germen, and stamen-bearing parts close toge- 

 ther. Receptacle hairy. E. B. 1455. T. major. 

 C. 3. 61. Typha. G. E. 46. 



Pondi, ditches, slow streuins, among reeds. On the side of the pond 

 under Headin^on Wick Copse. Sb. Pond between the 

 Minchery, and Sandford. Bx. 



Per. June. 



Plant conspicuous by its tall stems, and large, mace-like, brown 

 spikes. Stem six feet, or more, straight, simple, leafy at the 

 bottom. Ls. erect, hnear, half an inch to an inch wide. Cat- 

 kin club-hke, terminal, erect. Pistil-hearing part, dark-brown ; 

 stamen-bearing yellowish, with a leaf, or two from the base, or 

 middle among the stamens. Each seed on a feathery stalk. 

 The roots have been eaten in salads : the down used to stuif 



mattresses ; the leaves to bind the hoops of casks. The creeping 



roots soon choke up a small piece of water. 



T. angustifolia. Less C. or Reed-mace. Leaves slightly 

 semicylindrical ; channelled above. Barren catkin 

 divided from the fertile one. Receptacle scaly. E. B. 

 1456. T. minor. C. 3. 62. 



Pools, ditches. IMore rare than the last. Cowley, near the London 

 Road. Sb. Banks of the Cherwell, near King's jNIill, and 

 Marston. Rev. Mr. Huntley, All Souls' Coll. O.rford. B.v. 



Smaller, more slender than T^-p. latifolia : height nearly equal. 

 Ls. more convex on the imderside, not half so broad. 



Discrim. The bare space between the pistil, and stamen -bearing 

 catkins, in T. angustitblia. 



SPARGA'NIU.M.' Bnr-reed. 



S. ramosum. branched B. Leaves triangular at the 

 base, with concave sides. Common flower-stalk branched. 

 Stigma linear. E. B. 7^^- C. 5. &5. G. E. 45. 



Ditches, margins of ponds, and rivers. 

 Per. July. 



Stem upright, two or three feet, leafy, sniooth, divided at the top 

 into many, alternate, slightly zigzag, flowering branches. Ls. 



' Spdrganon (swaddling clothes) a bandage, as the broad leaves may be 

 used for bandages. 



