Manual of British botany, containing the flowering plants and ferns / arranged according to the natural orders by Charles Cardale Babington.

  • Babington, Charles C. (Charles Cardale), 1808-1895.
Date:
1881
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Credit: Manual of British botany, containing the flowering plants and ferns / arranged according to the natural orders by Charles Cardale Babington. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1. Ty'pha Linn. Keed-mace. 1. T. latifulia (L.); 1. linear nearly fiat, sterile and fertile jmrts of sjnkes not sepa7-ated, style exceeding the bristles, stig. oblique ovate-lanceolate.—^. B. 14o5. JR. ix. 32.3.—St. 6—7 feet high. L. overtopping the inflorescence, very broad. Spikes very long, sometimes there is a very short space between them ; fertile blackish brown.— [In T. ShuttleioortJiii (Koch), It. ix. 822, the style equals the bristles.]—Ponds and lakes. P. YI. YII. E. S. I. 2. T. angustifdlia (L.) ; 1. linear channelled below, sterile and fertile jmi-ts of spikes a littJe separated, stvle exceeding the bristles, stig. long filiform.—iJ. Ji. 1456. H'. ix. .321.—St. 5—6 feet high, much slenderer than in the preceding. L. very narrow overtopping the inflorescence. Spike very long, .slender, sepa- rated by a flowerless interval of about an inch-; fertile reddish brown.—[_T. gracilis (Suhr.),7?.ix. 320, has a rounded spathidate stigma.]—Lakes and ponds. P. Yl. VII. E. S. I. 2. Spaega'kium Linn. Bur-reed. 1. 8. ramdsum (Huds.) ; 1. triquetrous at the base with con- cave sides, st. branched ahove, stigma linear, fl. sessile.—E. B. 744. R. ix. 326.—-St. erect, about 2 feet high ; lower branches with several heads, 1—3 fertile, the rest barren. Heads sphe- rical. L. long, linear, erect.—Ditches. P. VI. VII. E. fe. I. 2. *S'. siin'ple.v (Huds.); 1. trigonous at the base, st. simple, stigma linear-subulate, fr. slightly stallced subfusiform.—JE. B. 745. R. ix. 325.—St. 1—2 ft. high, long, erect or ascending. L. long, often floating (and then often mistaken for S. mitans); sheath slightly furrowed, not inflated. Heads many; barren several, sessile ; fertile shortly stalked, especially tlie lowest. Fr. oblong, narrowed into a long beak, eUiptic-fusiform.— Ditches. P. VII. E. S. 1. 3. S. nutans (L.); st. simple flaccid, floating 1. very long linear flat at the base from a dilated sheathing base, heads many distant, lower fertile heads stalked, male heads several sessile, stig. linear-lanceolate,/r. stalked ohhmg not hnqer than its subu- late beak.—S.affine Schu. Sy. E. B.'l^SQ. 'it. ix. 417.—St. much thiclver than iu the next plant. L. ^rass-green. verv long. Male heads fewer in our plant than iu tlie Swedish.—l^akes. rare. P. VIII. E. S. I. 4. S. min'inmm (Fr.) ; st. .simple flaccid, 1. linear floating
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