T YPHA MAJOR. G REATER CaTSTAIL. 
TYVHPi. Llmuel Gen. Plant. Monoecia Triakdkia. 
Masc. Amentum cylindricum. Cat obfoletus, 3 phyllus, 
Cor. o. Fem. Amentum cylindricum, infra mafculos. Cat 
•capillo villofo. Cor, o. Sem. i . infidens pappo caplllarL 
Pail Herb.® graminipoli.*: non culmifera: flore imperfecto seu stamineo. 
TVPHA latifotia foliis fubenfiformibus, fpica mafcula femineSque approximatis. Lin. Syjl. VegeteA. 
p. 702-. Sp. pl, 1377. 
TYPHA clava xmica. Haller, hi/i. n. 1305. 
TYPHA latifolia. ScopoU FI. Carniol. p, 214. 
TYPHA paluftris major. Bauljin. p. 20. 
TYPHA paluftris maxima. Farkinfony 1204.. 
TYPHA t?er. emac. 46. Rail Syn. ■p. ^^ 6 , Great Catftail of Reed-mace. Hudfon, Fl.AngUed, 2. p. 4.00. 
IjightJoot. FI. Scot. 538. 
RADIX perennis, repens, craflitle pollicis, articulata, 
Ipongiofa, radiculis, fibrillolis, albidis inftrufla, 
furcull albidi, teneri, in mucronem rigidam 
abeuntes, more tritici canini. 
CULMUS tripedalis ad fexpedalem, fimplex, creftus, 
foliofus, teres, IsEvis. 
FOLIA alterna, crefta, tortuofa, bafi fubenfiformia, 
carnofa, fuperne plana, glauca, unciam fere 
lata, bi aut tripedalia, longiffima vagiiii cau- 
lem involventia. 
SPATH.® duae, deciduae, una ad fpicae mafcula bafm, 
altera ad ejus medium. 
FLORES mafculi numerofiflimi in Amento erefto, cul- 
mum terminante. 
CALYX, nullus. 
COROLLA, nulla. 
STAMINA ; Filamentum antequam anthene poHi- 
nem dimittunt, brevifRmum, fuftinens An- 
tberamunam adquatuor, demiflb polline pen- 
dulum, et antheris longius; Anthera; ob- 
long*, flav*, quadrifulcatae, glandula viref- 
cente terminatae, jig. 1.2. 3. 4. 
FLORES feminei numerofiflimi, in amento, mafculino 
fubjeflo et contiguo. 
PISTILLUM: Germen ovatum, minimum, pedunculo 
brevi infidens; Stylus fuperne incraflatus; 
Stigma nigrum. 
SEMEN minimum, pedunculatum, arlftatum, pedun- ■ 
culo pappofo. Jig. 5. 
RECEPTACULUM amenti mafculi pilofum. 
THE appearance of the Typha Major, when Its fpike is nearly ripe, is fufficlentiy ftrikinir to eneaee the at 
tention ^en of the moft mcurious ; it is not therefore to be wondered at, that Gentlemen, who arl fond of 
Piarits, fhould introduce it on the edges of their ponds, or that Painters fhould make it a confpicuous PhnJ 
in their repreientations of water ; the Gentleman fhould however be apprized, that it has a creenina mnr 
which encreafes very much, foon choaks up a fmall piece of water, and overpowers other aquatics • thils 
ficult to keep withm proper bounds, the it found to be ?n fome border of 
the garden, where, if the foil be moiR, it will flounlh and produce fpikes more abundantly tlian in the water 
The 
ROOT perennial, creeping, the thickncfs of one’s 
thumb, jointed, fpongy, furniflied with fmall 
fibrous roots of a whitifti colour, the young 
fhoots white, tender, terminating in a fharp 
hard point, like that of the common couch, 
grafs. 
stalk from three to fix feet high, fimple, uprightf 
leafy, round and fmooth. 
LEAVES alternate, upright, twifted, at bottom fword 
ihaped and flelhy, attop flat, and of a blueifli 
colour, about an inch in breadth and two or 
three feet in length, inclofing the flalk in a 
very long flieath. 
SHEATHS two, deciduous, one placed at the bottom 
of male fpike, the other at the middle. 
FLOWERS of the male very numerous, in an up- 
right Catkin, terminating the flalk. 
CALYX wanting. 
COROLLA wanting. 
STAMINA: the Filament before the fliedding of 
the pollen is very fhort, fuftaining from one 
to four Anther*, the pollen being fhed, they 
hang down and become longer than the an- 
ther* ; Anthera: oblong, yellow, with four 
grooves, and terminated by a greenifh gland 
.fig. 1. 2. 3. 4. 
FLOWERS of the female extremely numerous, in a 
catkin placed under and contiguous to the 
male catkin. 
PISTILLUM: Germen oval, very minute, fitting on 
alhort footflalk; Style thickened above; 
Stigma black. 
SEED very fmall, fitting on a footflalk, and termi- 
^he footflalk downy, /?>. c. 
RECEPTACLE of the male-catkin hairy. 
