BED OR REDDISH PURPLE 5 



wood of the Yew is tough and elastic, and was 

 used by the Indians in making their bows. 



It extends south to New Jersey and along 

 the Alleghanies to Virginia. It also ranges 

 northward from Minnesota and Iowa. 



INDIAN TURNIP. JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT 



Arissema triphyllum Arum Family 



Fruit. — Bright, shining, scarlet berries are 

 crowded together in an ovoid head. Each fruit 

 bears the tip of tlie stigma at the top. One or 

 two seeds are embedded in a scant, juicy pulp. 

 August. 



Leaves. — One or two three-parted leaves 

 usually overtop flower and fruit. The leaflets 

 are ovate and mostly entire. The leaves some- 

 times wither and fall before the fruit develops. 



Floioers. — The flowers are borne at the base 

 of a club-shaped spadix which is nearly inclosed 

 in a sheathing spathe, the top portion of which 

 curves over, forming a sheltering roof. The 

 flowers are mostly dioecious, although one plant 

 sometimes bears both staminate and pistillate 

 flowers. They are fertilized by small insects 



