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e. A7norphophallus campanulatus. — ^This plant, often com- 

 mon, has large flowers ((A, fig. 9) a foot or more in di- 

 ameter appearing before the leaves (B). The flowers are 

 purplish and mottled and have the odor of decaying meat. 



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Figure 9. — Amorphophallus campanulatus. 

 It is found in open places, near thickets, etc., and is some- 

 times cultivated. The characteristic leafy stem (B) is 

 usually about 3 or 4 feet high. The tender, young, rather 

 rough and grayish-mottled leaf stems may he eaten, hut only 

 after cooking. The large tuber is rich in starch, but it con- 

 tains innumerable minute stinging needlelike crystals which 



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