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TY'PIIA* * 
Linncan Class and Order. Moncecia f, Tria'ndria. 
Natural Order. Typha'cea:, Dec. — Lindl. Syn. p. 247; Introd. 
lo Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 285. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 262. — Typh.e, 
Juss. Gen. PI. p. 25. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 67. — Typhin.e, Rich, 
by Macgilliv. p. 389. — Loud. Hort. Brit, p.540. — Aroide.e, sect. 3. 
R. Brown, Prod. 338. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 422. — Junca- 
les ; sect. Typhin.e ; type, Typhacea; ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. i. 
pp. 403, 404, & 407. — Calamaria;, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Flowers numerous, monoecious, collected into very 
dense, soft, cylindrical, terminal spikes or catkins. Sterile Flowers 
(see figs. 1, 2, & 3.) numerous. Calyx (see figs. 2 & 3.) of 3 im- 
perfect sepals. Corolla none. Anthers (see fig. 2.) 3, more or less 
drooping, oblong, blunt, furrowed, on one common filament. Fertile 
Flowers (see figs. 4, 5, & 6.) numerous, in the lower part, continu- 
ous or interrupted, of the same catkin. Calyx (see fig. 5.) of 
several, hair-like bristles, surrounding the stalk of the fruit. Ger- 
men (see fig. 6.) superior, stalked, elliptic-oblong. Style hair-like. 
Stigma simple. Fruit (see fig. 6.) indehiscent, 1-celled, and 
1 -seeded, crowned with the style, and beset with several hair-like 
bristles, attached to the base of its stalk. 
The cylindrical catkin; the sterile flowers of 3 imperfect sepals, 
with 3 anthers on one filament; and the fertile flowers of several, 
hair-like sepals, surrounding the stalk of the fruit ; will distinguish 
this from other genera in the same class and order. 
Three species British. 
TY'PHA A NGUSTIFO'LI A. Narrow-leaved Reed-mace §. 
Lesser Cat’s-tail. 
Speg. Char. Leaves linear, slightly semicylindrical, channelled 
above. Sterile and fertile Catkins a little distant from each other ; 
both cylindrical. 
Engl. Bot. t. 1456. — Curt. FI. Lond. 1. 169. — Linn. Sp. P], p. 1377, excl. var. 0 . — 
Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 400, excl. var. f3. — Willd. Sp. Pi. v. iv. pt. 1. p. 198. — 
Sm. FI. Brit. v. iii. p. 959. — Engl. FI. v. iv. p. 72. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 140. — 
Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 40. — Lindl. Syn. p. 247. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 386. — Maer. 
Man. Brit. Bot. pp. 243 & 244. — Sibtli. FI. Oxon. p. 413. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 
199. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 84. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. ii. p. 438. — Relli. FI. Cant. 
(3rd ed.) p. 375. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 259. — Rev. G. E. Smith’s PI. S. Kent, p. 60. — 
Winch’s FI. of Northumbl. and Durli. p. 58. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 264. — Perry’s 
PI. Varvic. Sel. p. 74. — Pampl. PI. of Battersea, p. 15. — Bab. FI. Bath. Supp. p. 
97. — Prim. FI. Sam. p. 99. — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 87. — Cow. FI. Guide, p. 52 . — Typha 
palustris media, Ray’s Syn. p. 436. — Typha palustris clava gracili, Bauh, 
Pin. p. 20. 
Localities. — In ponds, watery ditches, and margins of rivers; rather rare. — 
Oxfordsh. Cowley, near the London-road : Dr. Sibthorf. Ambrosden Fish- 
pond : G. Woodward, Esq. — Berks ; At Cumnor, near Oxford, in a large old 
Fig. 1. Sterile Catkin. — Figs. 2 & 3. Separate Staminiferous Flowers. — Fig. 4. 
Fertile Catkin. — Fig. 5. A few Pistiliferous Flowers. — Fig. G. Germen, Style, and 
Stigma. — Figs. 2, 3, 5, & 6, magnified. 
* From tijihos, Gr. a bog or marsh ; in allusion to the natural situation of tin 6e 
plants. f See folio 83, note f. t See folio 276, a. 
} From its resemblaee to a mace. 
