1210 Rural School Leaflet 



PLANTS TO BE RECOGNIZED IN 1913-1914 



I. T. Francis 



Laurel. — An erect shrub with entire, evergreen, leathery leaves. The 

 showy flowers are usually borne in clusters. The calyx is five-parted, 



Laurel 



or five-lobed. The corolla is saucer-shaped and five-lobed. There 

 are ten stamens, which are shorter than the corolla. 



The laurel is a member of the heath family, in which are found winter- 

 green, Indian pipe, Labrador tea, leatherleaf (or cassandra), trailing 

 arbutus, huckleberry, blueberry, and cranberry. 



Jack-in-ihe-pulpit. — - This plant is sometimes called Indian turnip. It 

 is found in rich woods. The leaves are usually two, each being divided 

 into three oblong-elliptical, pointed leaflets. In the Jack-in-the-pulpit 

 the very simple, naked flowers are borne in dense, more or less fleshy 

 spikes, and the spike is enclosed in a large, corolla-like leaf, known as 

 a spathe. The spathe is smooth or corrugated in its tubular part and 

 its incurved hood. It is pale green, dark purple, or variegated, with dark 

 purple or whitish stripes or spots. 



This plant is a member of the arum family, to which belong the arrow 

 arum, water arum, skunk cabbage, and sweet flag (or calamus). 



