ARUM FAMILY 



GOLDEN-CLUB 



Orontium aqudticiim 



Perennial, aquatic herb found in shallow ponds, stand- 

 ing water, and swamps, preferably those accessible to tide- 

 water. New England to the Gulf 

 States, mostly near the coast. Not 

 in Ohio. April, May. 



Rootstock. — Thick, fleshy. 



Leaves. — All from the root, long- 

 petioled, oblong-elliptic, nerved with- 

 out distinct midvein, dull green above, 

 pale underneath, five to twelve inches 

 long, narrowed or partly furled at the 

 base, floating or erect. 



Scape. — Six to twenty inches tall, 

 slender, terete, flattened just below the 

 flowering club, closely covered by a 

 short sheath at base. 



Flowers. — Minute, bright yellow, 

 perfect, crowded on a spadix one to 

 two inches long, which becomes greatly 

 thickened in fruit; the lower flowers 

 with six concave sepals and six sta- 

 mens, the upper ones with four; odor 

 unpleasant. 



Calyx. — Four to six scale-like, yel- 

 low sepals. 



Corolla. — Wanting. 

 Stamens. — Four to six, with Hnear filaments and small 

 anthers. 



Pistil. — Ovary partly imbedded in the spadix, one- 

 celled; stigma sessile. 



Fruit. — A single seed, surrounded by a loose, green cover; 

 the whole called a utricle. 



Golden-Club. Ordnlium 

 aqudlicutn 



