90. ALisiuciia;. — 91. typhace^. 
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radical, 2 — 3 feet high, overtopping the leaves, bearing an irre- 
gular many-flowered simple umbel with scarioiis bracts and a 
membranous 3-leaved in\ olucre. Fl. rose-coloured. L. radical, 
linear, triangular. — Eivers and ponds. P. VI. VIl. E. I. 
Suborder III. JuncaginecB. 
5. Scheuchze'kia Linn. 
1. S. palm'tris (L.).—E.jB. 1810. St. 78. 4. R x. 419.— St. 
6 — 8 in. high, erect. L. distichous, few, alternate, semicvlin- 
drical, blunt, with a minute pore on the upper side at the apex. 
Raceme terminal, of about 5 gi-eenish flowers. Caps, about 3, 
much inflated. — Spha^ous parts of bogs. Lakely Car, and 
Thome Moor, YorKshire. Bomere, Shropshire.. AVybunburj-, 
Cheshire. Methvin, Perthshire. P. YII. E. S. 
6. Triglo'chtn Linn. Arrow-grass. 
1. T. marit'imum (L.) ; fr. ovate of 6 combined carpels. — 
E. B. 255. R. vii. t. 52. — L. radical, linear. El. in a lax simple 
spike or raceme, greenish. — Muddy salt mai'shes. 
P. VII. vni. E. s. I. 
2. T. pahis'tre (L.) ; fi'. linear angular of 3 combined cai-pels. 
— E. E. 366. E. vii. t. 51. — Slenderer than the preceding but 
closely resembling it, 8 — 10 in. high. Stoloniferous. — Marshj- 
places. P. VI. Vn. E. S. I. 
Order XCI. TYPHACE^. 
Fl. monoecious, 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 haira. Stam. 1 — 6, distinct or 
monadelphous. Anth. erect. — FertUe fl. Ovary free, solitaiy, 1- 
celled; ovide 1, pendulous. Style simple. Stigma unilateral. 
Fr. dry or spongy. Embiyo with a cleft on one side. 
1. Typha. Sterile and fertile spikes cylindi-ical. Stam. sur- 
rounded by hairs. Anth. 3 together on one filament. Ovary 
siuTOunded by hairs, ultimately stalked. 
2. Spabganium. Fl. vrith a single 3 — 4-leaTed perianth, in 
dense globose heads. Stam. free. Fruit dry, sessile. 
1. Tt'pha Linn. Reed-mace. 
1. T. latifolia (L.); 1. linear nearly flat, sterile and fertile 
spikes not separated, style exceeding the bristles, stig. oblique 
