MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS 25 
1. A. triphyllum, Torr. INDIAN TuRNIP, JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT. 
Leaves generally 2, each of 3 elliptical-ovate, pointed leaflets. Spadix 
club-shaped, bearing usually only one kind of fully developed flowers ; 
that is, full-sized pistillate and rudimentary staminate ones, or the 
reverse. Spathe much longer than the spadix, and covering it like 
a hood. Corm turnip-like, but much wrinkled, very starchy, and 
filled with intensely burning juice. 
2. A. Dracontium, Schott. GREEN DraGon, DraGon Roor. Leaf 
usually single, divided into 7-11 rather narrow-pointed leaflets ; 
spadix tapering to a long, slender point, often bearing fully devel- 
oped staminate and pistillate flowers. 
Il. SYMPLOCARPUS, Salisb. 
Rootstock very stout, with many long, cylindrical roots. 
Leaves clustered, very large, and entire. Spathe shell-shaped, 
very thick. Spadix globular, thickly covered with perfect 
flowers. Sepals 4. Stamens 4. Style 4-angled. Fruit glob- 
ular or ellipsoidal, with the seeds slightly buried in the 
enlarged spadix. 
Coarse, stemless herbs, with a powerful scent like that of 
the skunk and of onions. 
1. S. fetidus, Salisbh SkuUNK CABBAGE. Leaves many, slightly 
. petioled, 1-2 ft. long, appearing after the flowers. The latter are 
usually seen before the ground is wholly free from frost, often earlier 
than any other flower. Bogs and wet meadows, very common N. 
Ill. ACORUS, L. 
Rootstocks horizontal, long, and moderately stout, aromatic. 
Leaves long, upright, sword-shaped. Spathe much lke the 
leaves. Spadix projecting from the edge of the spathe, con- 
sisting of numerous perfect flowers. Sepals 6. Stamens 6. 
Ovary 2—3-celled, with numerous ovules. Fruit 1—few-seeded. 
1. A. Calamus, L. Sweet Frac. Scape with a long, leaf-like 
prolongation (spathe) beyond the green, very closely oe spadix. 
Along borders of brooks and swamps. 
The rootstocks furnish the well-known calamus or “sweet flag- 
root” sold everywhere by druggists. 
