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be no stamens in some flowers. The flowers are 

 long-lived. 



The fruit is a berry and dispersed by birds, being 

 indehiscent. 



The names given to Herb Paris are, Devil-in-a-bush, 

 Four-leaved Grass, Herb Truelove, Leopard's Bane, 

 One-berry, Trewe-lufe, True-love. In Sweden it is 

 called Puck's Berry. The name Devil-in-a-bush, by 

 which it is known in Perthshire, is applied because 

 the flower is surrounded by four leaves. The name 

 Truelove is from the Danish Trolove, to betroth or 

 affiance, referring to an old custom of making a 

 knot as an emblem of plighted fidelity. The leaves 

 have a resemblance to a true-love knot. 



Paris quadrifolia. — In Fig. 94 one of the plants 

 shows five leaves, the other four. The outer perianth' 

 segments are well shown. 



81. The Rush Group (Summary). 



{Introdtutory Volume^ p. 212.) 



This is a fairly extensive Order (Juncaceae) con- 

 taining about 200 species and seven genera. They 

 are natives of Temperate and cold regions, and the 

 Arctic regions. They are allied to the Liliaceae, 

 differing in the perianth, and have the habit and 

 characteristics of Sedges and Grasses. 



Their habit is characteristic and uniform. Most 

 are tufted and erect, a few being prostrate and root- 

 ing at the nodes. 



