JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT 



green canopy which waves over the club-hke spadix and 

 the ancient souncHng-])oard formerly placed over pul- 

 pits; for Jack is standing within a deep, leaf-like cornu- 



Jack-in-the-Pulpit. Arisama triphyllum 



copia whose broad, tapering tip is gracefully curved 

 over his head. 



Jack-in-the-Pulpit is a near relation of the Calla-Lily, 

 as a study of the two flowers will show. The club with- 

 in the protecting and enfolding leaf bears all the flow- 

 ers of the plant and there are very many. The sterile 

 and the fertile blossoms are in two separate groups — 



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