Cl. TYPHACEjE. 
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Typha.'] 
rush-like. Scape with large bracteas, terminated by a raceme of 
greenish flowers. Perianth and stamens reflexed. Germens 3, ovate, 
obtuse, with lateral, linear, downy stigmas. 
Orb. CL TYPHACE.E Juss. 
Flowers monoecious, numerous and very closely arranged 
upon a cylindrical or spherical spadix without a sputha. 
Perianth of 3 or more mere scales, or wanting and replaced by 
hairs. — Barren Jl. Stamens 1 — 6. Filaments capillary, dis- 
tinct or united. Anthers erect. — Fertile fl. Ovary solitary, 
1 -celled, containing one solitary pendulous ovule. Style short. 
Stigma simple, elongate, unilateral. Fruit somewhat dry or 
spongy, drupaceous, indehiscent, 1-celled, at length angular by 
mutual pressure. Seed solitary, pendulous, wit h a membranous 
skin adhering to the pericarp. Embryo in the axis of mealy 
albumen , straight, with a cleft on one side containing the 
plumule. Radicle next the hilum. — Herbaceous plants , grow- 
ing in marshes or ditches. Stems without nodes. Leaves rigid, 
ensiform, with parallel veins. 
1. Typha. Spadix cylindrical. 
2. Sparganium. Spadix spherical. 
1. Typha Linn. Cat’s-tail. Reed-mace. 
Spadix cylindrical. Perianth 0, except hairs. — Barren Jl. 
Stain. 1, or 2 — 6 and monadelphous, surrounded at the base 
with 3 or more hairs (sterile filaments ?) : anthers somewhat 
wedge-shaped. — Fertile jl. Pericarp stalked; the stalk with 
hairs, either whorled or at its base (sterile filaments?). — 
Name : rvpy, from nfog, a marsh ; where these plants grow. 
1. T. latifulia L. ( great R.) ; leaves linear nearly plane 
glaucous, sterile and fertile spikes contiguous, both cylindrical. 
E. B. t. 1455. 
Borders of ponds and lakes. It. 7, 8. — Stems 3 — 6 feet high. 
Leaves very long, sometimes nearly an inch broad. Spikes very long, 
close together ; fertile one greenish-brown ; sterile one yellow, with 
one or two large membranous bracteas. 
2. T. angustifolia L. (lesser R.) ; leaves linear grooved be- 
low green, sterile and fertile spikes a little distant from each 
other both cylindrical. E. B. t. 1456. 
Pools and ditches, less frequent than the preceding. About London ; 
not uncommon in the E. of England, as Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex. 
Loch of Lindores, Fife ; Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire ; Colvend, Kirk- 
cudbright. If.. 7. — Smaller than the last, with much narrower leaves 
and catkins. 
[3. T. * minor Sm. ( dwarf R .) ; leaves linear setaceous, 
