8 HOW TO ENOW WILD FRUITS 



GREEN DRAGON. DRAGON ROOT 

 Arisaema Dracontium Arum Family 



Fruit. — The orange-red berries grow in a 

 large ovoid head. They are one- to few-seeded. 



Leaves. — The usually solitary compound leaf 

 has nine to eleven radiating leaflets with the 

 two side ones somewhat lobed. The leaflets 

 are pointed and oblong-lanceolate. 



Floivers. — Both staminate and pistillate 

 flowers usually grow on the same spadix. The 

 upper part of the spadix is much prolonged and 

 extends considerably beyond the pointed spathe. 

 Both spathe and spadix are green. 



The range is about that of Jack-in-the-pulpit. 

 Around the main club-shaped bulb, cluster many 

 tiny bulblets, producing an effect which to a 

 strong imagination might suggest the foot and 

 toes of a monster and be responsible for the 

 common name of Dragon Root. The radiating 

 leaflets are a bit suggestive of a dragon s claws. 

 Leaves and flowers are both green, the only bit 

 of gay coloring that the plant affords appearing 

 in the bright fruit cluster. 



