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the cultivated calla, which on a smaller scale it resembles, 

 and like the Jack-in-the-pulpit, to which it is also re- 

 lated, the spoonflower crowds its minute blossoms on a 

 fleshy stalk, and surrounds this with a flowerlike pro- 

 tecting envelope, or to borrow the picturesque description 

 of arums from an old Herball; at the top of the stalk 

 "standeth a long hollow Hose or Husk, ... in the middle 

 whereof standeth a smal long Pestle or Clapper." 



The spoonflower is found in wet shaded places, often 

 where the sweet bay blooms on one side, toward the denser 

 swamp, while the open marsh near by is filled with blos- 

 soming orchids — fragrant pogonias and bright limodorums. 



At two seasons of the year the spoonflower is noticeable ; 

 in spring when in bloom, and again in late summer 

 when the globular clusters of blood-red berries are ripe. 



The less conspicuous P. virginica, with a cylindrical 

 green spathe that is only slightly open, and green fruit, 

 is occasionally found in shallow water. 



Peltandra sagittaefolia. Spoonflower. Flowers callalike, 

 spathe white, 2-4 in. long. Leaves basal, arrow-shaped, 6-8 

 in. long, on long leaf-stalks. Bogs and swampy places. 

 Blooming in spring. Fla. to Ala. and Va. 



Peltandra virginica. Spathe green, 3-8 in. long, margins 

 pale, crisped, closely wrapped around spadix. Wet places. 

 Blooming chiefly in spring and summer. Fla. to La. and 

 northward. 



Jaok-in-the-Pulpit and Green Dragon (Genus 



Arisaema) 



The southern Jack-in-the-pulpit, A. acuminatum, with 

 green spathe, and three-divided leaves, is found in damp 

 woods. The spathe in this species is wholly green and is 

 prolonged in a slender point, thus differing from the 

 northern A. triphyllum, whose green spathe is usually 

 striped with dull purple and white. 



The peculiar green dragon, A. Dracontmm (MuricoAida) , 



