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Figure b 



Figure 7 



AMERICAN FORESTRY 



FORM OF THE 



SPATHE 

 Fig. 5 Notwith- 

 standing its foul 

 and foetid odor, 

 there are not many 

 structures to be 

 found among our 

 plants that are rich- 

 er in color or more 

 curious in form 

 than the spathe of 

 S yni plocar pus foe- 

 tidus. 



INTERIOR VIEWS 

 OF THE SPATHE 

 Fig. 6 In order 

 to exhibit the form 

 of the fruit of the 

 skunk cabbage, one 

 side of the spathe 

 is cut away longi- 

 tudinally, as shown 

 in the left - hand 

 figure. 



GROWING LEAVES 

 OF THE SKUNK 

 CABBAGE 

 Fig. 7 Later in 

 the spring a skunk 

 cabbage plant pos- 

 sesses many large, 

 heart-shaped, bril- 

 liant green leaves, 

 all springing from 

 a common root 

 stock. The batrach- 

 ian sitting on the 

 leaf stem is a speci- 

 men of the Green 

 Tree Frog (Hyla 

 cinerea) one of 

 the most beautiful 

 species in our 

 country. 



YOUNG LEAF OF 

 "THE SYMPLO- 



' CARPUS 



Fig. 8 In out- 

 line, the leaf of the 

 skunk cabbage is 

 distinctly heart- 

 shaped or cordate ; 

 the one here shown 

 was the "wrapper" 

 to the unfolded 

 spike of them also 

 shown in the cut 

 the latter being 

 made up of several 

 leaves. 



Figure 6 



Figure 8 



