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Reed-mace. Cats’-tail. Cooper’s-reed. 
very person knows the seed of this plant, by the name of 
-tail; it is used. in making beds for the common people, 
but is both unhealthy and unpleasant, and in every respect in- 
ferior to long moss or straw. About four feet high. In 
Swampy meadows below the Navy Yard; not common. Pe- 
rennial. July, August. 
2. T. leaves linear, a little channelled; masculine angustifolia. 
and feminine spikes’ remote from each other, 
each cylindrical.—Villd. 
Icon. Bot. Mag. 1456. 
Narrow-leaved Cats’-tail. 
Resembles No. 1, exceedingly; rare. I have only found it 
sparingly on the Delaware shores, particularly below Kaighn’s 
point. Perennial. July. 
346. SPARGANIUM. Gen. pl. 1402. (Typhe.) 
Iment globose. Calix 3 to 6-leaved. Stig- 
ma simple or bifid. Nut suberose, 1-cell- 
ed, 4 or 2-seeded.—.Vutt. 
1. S. leaves triquetrous at base, concave at the ramosum. 
sides; peduncle common, branched ; stigma li- 
near.— Smith and Willd. 
S. erectum, Sp. Pl. 1378. 
Icon. Curt. Lond. 5. t. 66. Engl. Bot. 744. 
Burr-reed. 
About three feet high. Flowers in globose capituli. On 
the marshy shores of the Delaware, every where abundant ; 
also in ditches near the river. Perennial. June, July. 
2. S. leaves triquetrous at base, flat at the sides ; simplex. 
common peduncle simple; stigma linear.— 
Smith and Willd. 
S. erectum, 4. Sp. Pl. 1378. 
icon. Curt. Lond. 5. t. 67. Engl. Bot. 745. 
Grows in similar situations with No.1. Perennial. July. 
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