The Lords and Ladies of the zArum Family 



all the functions of the flower having now been ful- 

 filled, the fringe of hairs withers, and the imprisoned 



Fig. 2. 



pollen-laden flies are permitted to escape to another 

 flower, where the beautiful scheme is again enacted. 



JACK-IN- THE-PULPIT 



These "lords" and ''ladies"* of the village lanes 

 are the foreign counterparts of our well-known 

 Jack-in-the-pulpit, or Indian turnip, the sleek 

 preacher of which stands so erect beneath his pur- 

 ple-streaked canopy. 



Jack-in-the-pulpit, like the arum, has the streaked 

 hood, and the "lords" and "ladies" dwell generally 



*The arums with the purple-tinged hoods are called the "lords " 

 and those with light green hoods the " ladies," because this differ- 

 ence in color was formerly thought to indicate the sex of the flower 

 within. Later investigations, however, prove that while the purple- 

 tinged ones are more often "lords" than "ladies," they are not 

 invariably "lords." 



