322 MISCELLANEOUS 



SKUNK CABBAGE: Swamp Cabbage. 



Symplocdrpus foetidus. 

 Arum Family. Mch. — Apr. 



An unmistakably ill-scented plant, found in 

 low, wet ground. Nova Scotia to North Caro- 

 lina, westward to Ontario, Minnesota and 

 Iowa. 

 Flowers — Minute, scattered over a thick, fleshy 

 club within its flower envelope, which 

 is variously streaked with greenish yel- 

 low and madder purple, and appears 

 just above the ground. 

 Leaves — From the base, large, often 1 foot 

 across, strongly veined. 



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