92. TYVKACRm. 367 



broader than it. — Hebrides, especially Skye. West coast of 

 Ireland, especially Connemara. P. VIII. S. I. 



Order XCII. TYPHACE^. 



n. monoecious, many, closely placed in cylindrical spikes or 

 in dense globose clusters ; barren and fertile on different parts, 

 the males uppermost. Perianth of 3 or more scales or hairs. 

 Stam. 1 — 6, distinct or monadelphous. Anth. erect. — Fertile 

 fl. Ovary free, solitary, l-celled ; owde 1, pendulous. Style 

 simple. Stigma unilateral. Fr. dry or spongy. Embryo with 

 a cleft on one side. — Raphides abundant. 



1. Typha. Sterile and fertile spikes long dense cylindri- 

 cal. Stam. surroimded with hairs. Anth. 3 together on 

 one filament. Ovary surrounded by hairs ultimately 

 stalked. 



2. SpABGANnjM. Fl. with a single 3 — 4-leaved perianth, 

 in distant dense globose heads. Stam. free. Fruit dry, 



1. Ty'pha Linn. Eeed-maoe. 



1. T. latifdlia (L.) ; 1. linear nearly flat, sterile and fertile 

 spikes not separated, style exceeding the bristles, stig. oblique 

 ovate-lanceolate.— .2^. S. 1456. M. ix. 323.— St. 6—7 feet high. 

 L. overtopping the inflorescence, very broad. Spikes very long, 

 sometimes there is a very short space between them ; fertile 

 blackish brown. — [In T. ShiMleworthii (Koch), R. ix. 322, the 

 style equals the bristles.] — ^Ponds and lakes. P. VI. VII. 



Fi. S. I. 



2. T. angiMifdlia (L.) ; 1. linear channelled below, sterile ami 

 fertile spikes a little separated, style exceeding the bristles, stig. 

 'long filiform.— .£■. B. 1456. iJ. ix. 321.— St. 6—6 feet high, much 



slenderer than in the preceding. L. very narrow overtopping 

 the inflorescence. Spikes very long, slender, separated by a 

 flowerless interval of about an inch ; fertile reddish brown. — 

 \T. gracilis (Suhr.), iJ. ix. 320, has a rounded spathulate 

 stigma.] — Lakes and ponds. P. VI. VII. E. S. 1. 



\T. minor (Sm.). — E. B. 1457. — Reported to have been found 

 on Hounslow Heath. DUlenius. P. VU.] 



2. Sparga'niiim: Linn. Bur-reed. 



1. S. ramdmm (Huds.) ; 1. triquetrous at the base with con- 

 cave sides, st. branched ahove, stigma linear, fl. sessile. — H. B. 



