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Title: An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Stevens, George T. (George Thomas), 1832-1921
Subjects: Plants
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead and company
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

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nded leaves, in swamps or in bordersof sluggish streams. Flower column much shorter than the sheath, whichis white within and greenish on the outside. Leaf stem 2 to G in. long,leaf blades 2 to 6 in. long and nearly as wide. Berries in a cylindricgroup around the fleshy spadix, each involucre conic, red, few seeded. C. palustris, L. (Fig. 6, pi. 8.) Water Arum. Resembles the culti-vated callu, but is more or less creeping, and the central cohnnn is nuichthicker and longer in proportion to the white sheath. Bogs throughoutour area. 4. SYMPLOCARPUS, Salisb. (Spathyema, Raf.) Leaves large, heart-shaped or nearly oval. Whole plant fatid. Flowercolumn oval, surrounded by a purplish-brown sheath, 3 to 0 in. high andi as wide. S. foetidus, (L.) Nutt. (Fig. 4, pi. 9.) Skunk Cabbage. The un-attractive flower appears very early in the spring (Feb. to April), pre-ceding the large leaves, these become from 1 to 3 ft. long and J as wide.In swamps and wet soil, our area. Fob.-April. ARUM FAMILY 111
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Plate 81. Arisaema triphyllum, la. Corm of A. triphyllum. 2. Commelina com-munis. 3. C. virginica. 4. C. hirtella (leaf and sheath). 5. Tradescantiavirginiana. G. Calla palustris. 7. Arisaema Dracontium. 112 XYRIDACEAE 5. ORONTIUM, L. Water plant with elliptic leaves. Flower column (spadix) tall, cylin-dric. The sheath (spathe) at first covers the column, then recedes, andin many cases falls. O. aquaticum, L, (Fig. 2, pi. 9.) Golden Club. Leaves often float-ing in water, 3 to 12 in. long, J as wide; entire, with veins nearly parallel.Swamps and ponds, southeast part of our area and southward. April-May. 6. ACORUS, L. Long, aromatic, creeping rootstalks and grass- or flag-like leaves; grow-ing in wet places. Flower column appearing to start from the side of abayonet-like leaf. A. Calamus, L. (Fig. 3, pi. 9.) Sweet Flag. Calamus Root.Leaves 2 to (1 ft. high, 1 in. or less broad. Flower stem triangular orsomewhat rounded. Swamps and along streams, common. May-July. Order V.—FARINGSAE.

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