TYD.EA 



TYPHA 



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TYD^A. Now iucludcd in Isoloiua. 



T'^'PHA (anoieiit naiiuO. Ttiplii)<:i.ii . Cat-tail. Rfed 

 Maci-:. a geuus ut about 10 stu-cii's I't' iiiarsh plants w\\[\ 

 creeping roots^tocks ami erect, rv.unul sti.-ni:s. with lon^s 

 linear sheaThinic leaves ami muui.eciou.s tli'wers in 

 densely crowded, terminal spikt-s wliieli are subtended 

 by a fu,ij:aeious bract. 



"The followini; are hardy ai.|uatic or bote perennial 

 herbs of easy culture in wet sidl or in ^Yater. They 

 spread rapidly and are likely to become ton plentiful 

 unless care is taken to pull such of them \\\i as are not 

 wished before they become tirmly establishe<l. Forms 

 intermediate between the following two species some- 

 times occur. 



A. Staminaie and pistillate spikes coiiHijkohs. 

 Iatif61ia, Linu. Fig. 2607. Stem stout, 4-8 ft. hi^di: 

 Ivs. wider than in the following species, usually I in. 

 wide ; pistillate spikes becoming about I in. in tliam. 

 dune. July. N. Amer., Eu., Asia. B.Ib l:flJ. R.H. 

 1^0:190. V'. *J:197. 



AA. Sfd miimie 0)1(1 pi.'<(iUate ■■^piJce.^ sepa nitt-d . 



angustiSblia, Linn. Stem more slender than T. Inii- 

 foli'i, r)-10 ft. hifi:h: Ivs. usually less than Sj in. wide: 

 spikes usually Ioniser than in T. hitifoUa anil nimdi nar- 

 ro"\ver, beiuf]: altont ^^ in. in diain. June, July. N. 

 Aujer., es])eciallv in the east and also En. and Asia. 

 B.B. 1:0J. U.M. "32:779. p. W. Bakllay. 





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2607. Cat-tail — Typha latilolia. 



