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A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



24. Yellow-eyed Grass. Xyris arenicola. Both the stalk of 

 the flower head and the leaves conspicuously spirally-twisted. 



~ Leaves narrow, blackish toward the base, mostly shorter than 

 the flower stalk. Flower heads oblong, or somewhat cylindric, 

 3^2-1 in. long. July. Southern New Jersey to the Gulf ; mostly 

 in pine barren bogs. 



25. Yellow-eyed Grass. Xyris caroliniana. Not bulbous- 

 thickened at the base, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves flat or slightly 

 twisted, 4-12 in. long, often nearly 34 i^- wide. Flower heads 

 nearly oval, about 3^ in. long. July. New England to Florida 

 and Louisiana, mainly near the coast. Fig. 25. 



26. JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT FAMILY. ARACEAE. 



Herbaceous and even fleshy plants with simple or com- 

 pound leaves. In some kinds, such as Jack-in-the-pulpit, the 

 veins are not parallel. Usually developing a thick under- 

 ground rootstock. Flowers minute, almost microscopic, closely 

 crowded around a stalk (spadix), the latter surrounded by 

 a cup-like or hooded organ (spathe), see Fig. 27, or this 

 sometimes a mere leaf-like appendage of the flower cluster, 

 see Figs. 29 and 31. Fruit a berry, brightly colored. See the 

 Picture Glossary for a cross section of a Jack-in-the-pulpit. 



Leaves compound or divided 



Leaflets .3 ; berries bright red Jack-in-the-pulpit no. 27 



Leaf divided into 5-17 segments; berries orange 



