10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REED MACE»
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Rambles in search of wild flowers, and how to distinguish them
The Reed-mace order succeeds the Arrow-grasses, and they all like to grow in
several feet of water. The Great Reed-mace (T^pha latifolia, Plate XVII., fig. 4), is
a regal-looking plant, seven or eight feet high, an immense club of brownish ...
mace, Italian); reed- mace [reedmace] (as “reide mace” by 1558 or before) hoski (
Chickasaw) jonc (based on the Latin iuncus, for a rush, derived from iugere, to tie
or bind, from the use of stems for tying, Haiti, Guadeloupe, Martinique); junco ...
3
The British Flora; in Two Volumes. Vol. 1, Comprising the ...
(great Cat's-tail or Reed-mace) ; leaves linear nearly plane, sterile and fertile
catkins continuous. E. Bot. t. 1455. E. Fl. 1:. iv. 1). 71. Borders of ponds and lakes.
Fl. July, Aug. 74.—Stems 3—6 feet high. Leaves very long, sometimes nearly an
...
Sir William Jackson Hooker, 1835
4
The Ecology of Transportation: Managing Mobility for the ...
The system consisted of a wet bioinfiltration pond lined with a relatively
impermeable clay base and a bed of reed mace (Typha latifolia). Runoff drained
from this into a second basin, which was a sedimentation tank, with partitioning
walls to ...
John Davenport, Julia L. Davenport, 2006
5
Herbal Simples Approved For Modern Uses of Cure
Street hawkers, in Autumn, offer as Bulrushes the tall, round spikes of the Great
Reed Mace, which is not a true Rush. Artists are responsible in the first instance
for the mistake--notably Paul De la Roche, in his famous picture of "The Finding
of ...
Cat's-tail or Reed-mace. 1. T. latifdlia, Linn, (great Cat's-tail or Reed-mace);
leaves linear nearly plane, sterile and fertile catkin continuous. 11. JBot. t. 1455.
E. Fl. v. iv.p. 71. Borders of ponds and lakes. Ft July, Aug. If. — Stems 3 — 6 feet
high.
Sir William Jackson Hooker, 1831
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Flora Hibernica, Comprising the Flowering Plants, Ferns, ...
TYPHACE/E. Lindl. Reed-mace Family. Flowers monoecious, arranged upon a
naked spadix. Perianth 3-parted. Stamens three or six ; filaments long and
slender ; anthers wedge-shaped, erect. Ovary single, superior, 1-celled; ovule
solitary, ...
James Townsend MacKay, 1836
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Flora Hibernica: Comprising the Flowering Plants, Ferns, ...
Reed-mace Family. Flowers monoecious, arranged upon a naked spadix.
Perianth 3-parted. Stamens three or six; filaments long and slender; anthers
wedge-shaped, erect. Ovary single, superior, 1-celled; ovule solitary, pendulous;
style short ...
James Townsend Mackay, 1836
T. latifolia ; Great Reed-mace, or Cat's-tail ; Cynffon y gath, new Hesgen felfedog
fwyaf. vii. 3. T. angustifoliaj Lesser Reed-mace, or Cat's-tail ; Hesgen felfedog,
neu Cynffon y gath leiaf. vi. vii. 295. Sparganium ; Bur-reed ; Cleddyflys, Cawen.
10
A synopsis of the flora of the western states
TYPHACEjE.—Thz reed-mace tribe. 1510. Typha latisolia, Linn. Reed-mace.
Cat's-tail. Cat-tail flag. July-Aug. 5to6f. U. mh. pl. Ohio. Ky. The leaves are used
by coopers, for rendering barrels tighL 1511. T. angustifolia, Linn. Lesser reed-
mace.
John Leonard Riddell, 1835
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REED MACE»
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reed mace is used in the context of the following news items.
Gardening: Dog days, damp plants
... roots like nymphaea, lotuses, papyrus, water cannas, reed mace, or the flotilla of tropical floaters such as water hyacinths, water chestnuts and water lettuce. «Phuket Gazette, May 15»
Tennis team fills holes with young players
Seventh graders Reed Mace and Gabe Hanninen, along with eighth grader Garret Knopf got a taste of their first varsity matches in the tournament. “Going 0-3 ... «DL-Online, Apr 15»
Kate Mosse: The landscape of my imagination
Feeding the ducks on the Mill Pond, playing hide-and-seek in the reed mace, sitting on the old flint sea wall and watching the tide come in. Picking my way ... «The Independent, Sep 14»
DIY store criticised over way they sacked Bromsgrove employee
As a result Mr Moran of Reed Mace Drive, Woodland Grange - who alleged he had been made a “scapegoat” - won his legal claim for unfair dismissal against ... «Bromsgrove Advertiser, Aug 14»
Ventry walk is steeped in history
... pyramid of Cruach Mhárthain to the right. At a four-cross-roads, we turn right along a bog road, with stands of reed mace and sedge in the wet fields alongside. «Irish Examiner, Jan 13»
Typha Latifolia: Anyone for Eating Cattails?
Unless you're a "wild foods" aficionado, however, you may never have eaten (or even heard of) cattail corn, Cossack asparagus, or reed mace flour . . . and you ... «Mother Earth News, May 09»
