YELLOW 



for some time when these pretty flowers begin to dot the 

 woods. 



The hnes which run : 



" Yet slight thy form, and low thy seat, 

 And earthward bent thy gentle eye, 

 Unapt the passing view to meet, 



When loftier flowers are flaunting nigh," 



would seem to apply more correctly to the round -leaved K ro- 

 hmdifolia,^ than to the downy violet, for although its large, flat 

 shining leaves are somewhat conspicuous, its flowers are borne 

 singly on a low scape, which would be less apt to attract notice 

 than the tall, leafy flowering stems of the other. 



GOLDEN CLUB. 



Orontium aquaticum. Arum Family. 



Scape. — Slender; elongated. Leaves. — Long-stalked ; oblong ; floating. 

 Flowers. — Small ; yellow ; crowded over the narrow spike or spadix. 



When we go to the bogs in May to hunt for the purple flower 

 of the pitcher-plant we are likely to chance upon the well-named 

 golden club. This curious-looking club-shaped object, which is 

 found along the borders of ponds, indicates its relationship to 

 the Jack-in-the-Pulpit, and still more to the calla-lily, but 

 unlike them its tiny flowers are shielded by no protecting 

 spathe. 



Kalm tells us in his "Travels," ''that the Indians called 

 the plant Taw-Kee, and used its dried seeds as food." 



* I find the round-leaved violet blossoming so early in the year as to make it 

 seem probable that this species is the subject of Bryant's poem. 



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