91. TYPHACEA. 337 
a lax simple spike or raceme, greenish. Fr. with 6 angles and 
constricted below the stigm., or without angles or constriction.— 
Salt marshes. P. VII. VIII. 
2. T. palustre (L.); fr. lmear angular of 3 combined capsules. 
~—E. B. 366. R. vii. t. 51.—Taller than the preceding but closely 
resembling it. Stoloniferous.—Marshy places. P. VI. VII. 
Order XCI. TYPHACEZ. 
Fl. moneecious, many, closely placed on a spadix without a 
spath ; barren and fertile on different parts of the spadix. Pe- 
rianth of 3 or more scales or bristles. Stam. 1—6, distinct or 
monadelphous. Anth. erect.—Fertile fi.: Ovary free, solitary, 
l-celled ; ovule 1, pendulous. Style short. Stigma simple. Fr. 
dry or spongy. Embryo with a cleft on one side. 
1. Typua. Sterile and fertile spikes cylindrical. Stam. sur- 
rounded with bristles. Anth, 3 together on one filament. 
Ovary surrounded with bristles, at length stalked. 
2. SparGanium. FL. in dense globose heads, each with a 
single 3-leaved perianth. Fruit dry, sessile. 
1. Typua Linn. 
1. T. latifolia (L.); 1. linear nearly flat, sterile and fertile 
spikes contiguous.—E. B. 1455. R. ix. 323.—St. 6—7 feet 
high. L. overtopping the inflorescence, very broad. Spikes 
very long. Style longer than the bristles; stig. oblique, lmear- 
subulate rounded below.—[In T. Shuttleworthii(Koch), R. ix. 322, 
the stig. does not protrude beyond the bristles.|—Ponds and 
lakes. P. VI. VII. Great Reed-mace. 
2. T. angustifolia (L.); 1. linear channeled below, sterile and 
fertile spikes a little separated from each other.—E. B. 1456. 
R. ix. 321.—St. 5—6 feet high, much slenderer than in the pre- 
ceding. L. very narrow, overtopping the inflorescence. Spikes 
very long, slender, separated by an interval of about an inch. 
Style longer than the bristles; stig. elongate, filiform.—[T. gra- 
cilis (Suhr.), R. ix. 320, has a rounded spathulate stigma. ]— 
Lakes and ponds. P. VI. VII. Lesser Reed-mace. 
(3. T. minor (Sm.); 1. linear-setaceous overtopped by the 
distant spikes.—E. B. 1457.—Reported to have been found on 
Hounslow Heath. Dillenius. P. VII.] E. 
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