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with a style and simple stigma. The fruit is a 

 one-celled capsule, containing one or more seeds. 

 Some botanists place this plant in a separate 

 order, called Pistiacese, from another genus in- 

 cluded in it. 



ORDER CCVL— JUNCE^.— THE RUSH TRIBE. 



The most interesting genus is the Rush 

 (Juncus). These plants, low as they rank in 

 the vegetable world, have a regular perianth of 

 six divisions with six stamens, and a three-celled 

 capsule which opens by three valves. The 

 perianth of the flowers is, however, so small as 

 to be inconspicuous. Most of the species are 

 weeds, which are considered to indicate cold, 

 wet, and poor ground. 



ORDER CCVII GILLESIE^. 



A GRASS-LIKE plant, a native of Chili, with 

 greenish flowers. 



ORDER CCVni.—RESTIACE^.— THE PIPEWORT 

 TRIBE. 



Rigid, inelegant, and often leafless, plants, 

 with the habit of rushes, natives of New Holland 

 and the Cape of Good Hope. 



