WATEE-LILIES FLOWERINGS RUSHES, 



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resemblance to insects, various birds, and animals, as 

 Oncidium, in which the resemblance is to butterflies, 

 &c. ; Cychnoches, in which (in one species) the likeness 

 is strikingly similar to a swan ; Peristeria, one species 

 of which is called the Sprito- Santo plant, of Panama, 

 and in whose flower there is the likeness of a dove 

 descending upon the lip, &c. A curious fact in this 

 part of their history is, that in the same plant, on the 

 same stem, and even on the same head of flowers, we 

 find flowers so different in appearance that we might 

 place them in different genera." 



10. NAIADACEJE (Naiads). 



Water-plants, called 

 " pond - weeds," 

 and grow on both 

 fresh and salt 

 water. The ma- 

 rine species, Zos- 

 tera marina, is 

 dried and used 

 for stuffing mat- 

 trasses. Pond Weed. 



11. BUTOMACEJB (Flowering Hushes). 



Of this order the Butomas um- 

 bellatus, a sort of rush, pro- 

 ducing very handsome pink 

 flowers in umbels, growing in 

 ditches and by the sides of rivers, 

 is the most characteristic mem- 

 ber. 



Flowering Rush. 



