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Show The N GSek XXVI. WU COTTON r.rn wd € GRASS. domento, and inconfiderable ; but the filaments which furround the feeds ‘are long, white, and cottony. It is common‘on bogs;-and: flowers in Auguit. C. Batihine calls it Gramen tomentofum panicula Sparfe: 1. Cottoh Grafs. rofis vulgaris. P'Lou 27 ff The root is compofed Of hurierous fibres, The leaves are grafly, narrow, and of a deep green. We have only one other fpecies ofit. “2, Haii’s-rail Ruth, Fancys Alp cin Cauda leporina. “This is a proper linagroffis ; the Theftalk is a foot ahd half high, 6fa purplifh atthe bottom, and of a fire green up- head truly woolly. GissE:s NU S XXXVI. GA TS - T ATL. g 7 Pores. “HE flowers aré miale‘and female'on the fame plant: The male flowers are raiiged in great num- bers ina catkin, Which terthinates thé flalk ; and ithe female flowers are pldced in a long body, alfo of the catkin kindy which clofely furrounds it inva compact, firm fubftance.. The male flowersare compofed each of ‘thrée narrow leaves, with the fame number offilaments, which are clofely arranged fn the upper catkin. “Phe female, which are lodged in the/compa& fubftance, have for a cup nume* rous hairs of a pappous ftruéture, and within thefe a rudiment ofa fruit fixed ona filament. This tipels intoa fingle feéd,-and:there grow: numerous capillary filaments from that which fupports it, Thefe together make the thick fubftance called the vaz’s-tail, Linneus places this among the seawcia triandria. | 1. Cat’s-tail. Typha. dulgaris. LLIN. 2O The root creeps under the furface, and manyfibres. The leaves are long, and Of a fine green The ftalk is four feet high; and at its nd the female flowers in a very thick fpike, ed bythe male catkin; the whole of a velvety brown. Go TE has The fpike is much fenderer than in the top terfine | NU BUR iS Pad ‘Ibis common: by waters, and: flowers in’ Auputt C. Bauhine calls it Typha paluftris major. We have two other fpecies. 2, The middle Cat’s-tail, Typha paluftris media RNG, other. 3. ‘The leaft. Cat’s-tail, Typha paluftris minor. Thefpike in this is thick and fhort, and Blackith. 8 XXVHI. REED. AUN- TU Ms “THEflowers are of two kinds, ‘male aiid female, on-the fame plant. The male flowers are colfilaments. leéted into a.roundifh button, and confift| eécho df a rhree:} ed cup, with three 6 The female flowers are numerous, ‘and fixed’ to-a round eptacle: thefe have no cup, but confit Oily of a radimentofa feed -véfiely thefe-alfo are’ collected info-rounded heads. 1. Bur Reed. g, and has many fibres, The flowers are whitith; and the fruit Js round, green, hard, and echinated. : It is common by waters, and flowers June. C. Bauhine calls it Sparganium ramofum. Others, “BART T1397 Wehave two other fpecies. 2, Bur Reed, not branched, Sparganium non ramofum, Smaller, and with an upright ftalk. ROMS Tels. PesiiE! flowers confift only of filaments, three to each, which are feparated from one another ta i the clafter byfnvall, oblong leaves! The feed is’ fingle, and is furrounded with long threads, and gives it the name eriopborum. Otherscall it gramen Linnzus places this among the ér 4 The. (Hi ER BAL. TBURGIT WSeH G E NE HEB RB AE, 5°97 3. The leaft Bur Reed, Sparganium minimum, The leaves are very long, and the heads fmall. Ups 4@4 0 R XXIX, {UE S. HE flowers are ranged together on a long and elegant rece ptacle, of the fhape and bignefs of a finger : they are compofedeachoffix hollow, obtufe leay. es, with the fame numberof threads. The feed-veffel is hort, triangular, and contains feveral obl ong, oval feeds, Linnzus ranges this among the bexandria monogynia, the filaments being three, andthe ftyle fingle. Common Acorus, Wehaveit’ by ponds in fome parts of Eng: land. corus vulgaris. The root is long, thick, and creeping ; and is of a pleafing, warm, and aromaticktafte. The leaves are two feet long, of a yellowith green. The-catkin is of a yellowith brown. The END of te C. Bauhine calls it Acorus verus Seu Calamus aromaticus officinarum, The root is ftomachick and deobftruent ; but it does ‘not in our cold climate attain its full virtue. THIRTY:SECOND CLASS, |