BROWNISH AND VARIEGATED FLOWERS 



1. Climbing plant. 



GROUND-NUT. WILD BEAN (Apios tuberosa). Pulse 



family. 



A vine, several ft. high; flowers in a close cluster 

 on long stalk, "maroon and pale lilac-brown" 

 (Matthews), odorous; leaves of 5-7 pointed leaf- 

 lets, without teeth. Wet places. Late summer, 

 autumn. 



2. Upright plants with leaves from base only. 



SKUNK CABBAGE (Symplocarpus foetidus) . Arum family. 

 Low plant with large leaves, sometimes 3 ft. by 

 i ft.; flowers small, packed on spadix with hood 

 (spathe) variously colored (green-purple-yellow- 

 brown) and mottled. Wet ground. Very early 

 spring. 



WILD GINGER (Asarum Canad-ense). Birthwort family. 

 A low plant with several large angularly heart- 

 shaped leaves on long hairy stalks; single incon- 

 spicuous bell-shaped flower "dull purplish-brown" 

 (Dana) with 3 -pointed rim, near the ground. 

 Woods. Spring. 



3. Other upright plants. 



JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT. INDIAN TURNIP (Arisaema tri- 



phyllum). Arum family. 



Ht. 1-3 ft.; flowers small, packed on the spadix 

 and surmounted by a hood (spathe) variously 

 colored (green-purple-white) ; leaves usually with 

 3 pointed leaflets. Spring. 

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