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S.androcladum (Engelm. ) Morong. Bran« mim; Bir-reeu. Mil- 

 lers INjnd, Chemung county, Lucy. The only station. (S. sitn- 

 pit'.x, var. androLladmn Engelm.) 



ARACE/E. 



ARIS.EMA Mart. 



A. triphyilum (L.) Torr. I.m.ian Tl rmi'. jA<;K;-iN-THE-if;i.i'n. 

 Very common in moist woodlands and ravines. Leaves usually 

 two, three-parted; scape single, the spathe surrounding and 

 arching over the spadix; corm turnip-shaped, very acrid when 

 green. Medicmal. 



A. Dracontium (L. ) Schott. Grke.v Dka(;un. Plentiful along 

 the banks of our larger streams. Rare, Lucy. Leaf usually 

 solitary, with five to seven leaflets; spadix attenuate and much 

 longer than the spathe. 



PELTANDRA Raf. 



P. Virginica (L. ) Kunth. Grekn Arrow-arum. Cinnamon Lake ; 

 plentiful, Z,?^n'. The only station. {P. undu/aUi Kai.) 



CALLA L. 



C. palustris L. Wild Calla. Water Akim. Common in 

 swamps and on boggy shores. Not reported from the Chemung 

 valley. Rhizome extensively creeping ; flowers much resembling 

 those of the cultivated calla lily, but smaller ; spathe flat and 

 open; occasionally blooms in autumn. An interesting plant, 

 ea-iily cultivated. May, June. 



SPATHYEMA Rai. 



S. foetida (L.) Raf. Sklnk Cahiia(;e. Abundant on the margin 

 of swamps and in all low grounds. Leaves very large, veiny; 

 flowers preceding the leaves; spathe shell-shaped, surrounding 

 the globular spadix. A characteristic plant in wet places. The 

 bruised foliage has an odor like that of the skunk. One of the 

 earliest flowers to bloom. March. (Symplocarpus fivtidus 

 Salisb. ) 



