Araceae 35 



pie scales; leaves about J an inch long, 

 linear-lanceolate, flat, dark yellowish-green 

 above, paler below with stout midribs and 

 rigid points; fruit a fleshy crimson disc 

 J of an inch long and as broad, surroundr 

 ing the hard, nearly black, depressed 

 seed. 



Occurs locally in the Selkirks, forming 

 much of the underwood on Beaver Creek. 



Arum Family 



Smooth perennial herbs with tuberous or 

 .corn-like rootstocks and mostly basal, large 

 showy leaves; flowers small and numerously 

 crowded on a spadix which is generally 

 surrounded or subtended by a simple showy 

 leaf -like organ called a spathe. 



A very numerous family found mostly in 

 the tropics and represented in our region 

 by but a single species. 



