. Flowers of the field. Botany. REED-MACE TRIBIi 2oi single, superior, i-celled ; style short; stigma linear, lateral; fruit i-celled, i-seeded, not opening, angular by mutual pressure. Her- baceous plants, growing in marshes and ditches, with jointless stems, sword-shaped leaves, and small flowers, which are only conspicuous from their compact mode of growth. The Order contains only two families, examples of both of which are of common occurrence in Great Britain. 1. Typha (Reed-mace).—Flowers in spikes. (Name from the Greek, typhos, a marsh, where these plants grow.) 2. Sparganium (Bur-reed)
. Flowers of the field. Botany. REED-MACE TRIBIi 2oi single, superior, i-celled ; style short; stigma linear, lateral; fruit i-celled, i-seeded, not opening, angular by mutual pressure. Her- baceous plants, growing in marshes and ditches, with jointless stems, sword-shaped leaves, and small flowers, which are only conspicuous from their compact mode of growth. The Order contains only two families, examples of both of which are of common occurrence in Great Britain. 1. Typha (Reed-mace).—Flowers in spikes. (Name from the Greek, typhos, a marsh, where these plants grow.) 2. Sparganium (Bur-reed).—Flowers in globular heads. (Name in Greek denoting a little hand, from the ribbon-like leaves.) I. Typha {Reed-mace) 1. T. latifolia (Great Reed-mace, or Cat's Tail).— Leaves nearly flat; barren and fertile spikes continuous. Our largest herbaceous aquatic, often growing 6-8 feet high, with linear leaves," and stout, cylindrical stems, surmounted by a fertile club-like spike, the lower part of which contains fertile flowers only, the upper barren. It is often, but incorrectly, called Bulrush, the true Bulrush teing Scirpus pahistris, a plant which has more the habit of a gigantic rush. Ponds ; common.—Fl. July, August. Perennial. 2. T. angustifolia (Lesser Reed-mace, or Cat's Tail).—Leaves grooved below; barren and fertile spikes slightly interrupted. Ponds ; less frequent than the last, from which it differs by the above characters and by its smaller size.—Fl. July, August. Typha Latifolia [Great Reed- Mace, or Cat's Tail) 2. Sparganium {Bur-reed) 1. S. ranwsmn (Branched Bur-reed).— Leaves triangular at the base, with concave sides; stem branched. A large aquatic, which at a distance might be mistaken for a Flag {Iris pseiid-acorus). The leaves are sword-shaped, and the flowers are collected into globular heads, of which the lower con- tain fertile flowers only, the vipper barren. Ditches; common.—Fl. July, August. Peren- nial. 2. 5. simplex
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