GOLDEN CLUB 



Orontium aquaticum. Arum Family. 



THE Golden Club is common in shallow water 

 in ponds and swamps, mostly near the coast, 

 during April and May. It is closely allied to the 

 Skunk Cabbage and Jack-in-the-Pulpit, but resem- 

 bles neither. The long-stemmed leaves and flower 

 stalks manage to keep just above the water, and are 

 often reclining upon its surface, according to its depth. 

 The thick, juicy, smooth-surfaced, long, pointed- 

 oblong leaves, are deep, dull green above, and pale 

 beneath. They are sometimes a foot in length, and 

 are narrowed, or frequently partly furled at the base 

 The parallel ribs are equally apparent. The numer- 

 ous tiny, flat, bright yellow flowers are from four to 

 six parted and are deeply and closely set upon a 

 thick, pointed club, which terminates the flattened 

 tip of the long, floral stalk. This aquatic plant is 

 found from New England to the Gulf of Mexico. 

 The generic name is said to be that of some plant from 

 the Orontes River, in Syria. 



SWEET FLAG. CALAMUS 



Acorus Calamus. Arum Family. 



An exceedingly common rush-like herb, with very 

 long, horizontal, branched rootstocks, and rather stiff, 

 sword-shaped, light green leaves, growing in thick 



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