BED OR REDDISH PURPLE 9 



WATER ARUM 



Calla palustiis Arum Family 



Fi^uit. — The few red berries grow in an 

 oblong head. The seeds are few and inclosed 

 in jelly. The spathe is persistent in fruit. 

 July, August. 



Leaves. — The leaves are heart-shaped, and 

 borne on erect or spreading stems. 



Floioers. — The flower stem is nearly as long 

 as those of the leaves. The open, spreading 

 spathe has a white npper surface and is green 

 beneath. The spadix is much shorter than the 

 spathe, and is covered with, flowers, the lower 

 of which are perfect and the ujDper ones often 

 staminate. 



It is a low plant, less than a foot in height, 

 and resembles the cultivated Calla. Spreading 

 by a slender, creeping roots tock, it often occurs 

 in masses. The rhizomes are used by the Lap- 

 landers in making a kind of bread. It flourishes 

 in cold bogs in Virginia, Wisconsin, and Iowa, 

 and northward. 



