22 



Date of Opening of 

 Year First Flower 



1899 March 8 



1900 February 22 



1901 February 18 



1902 January 27 



1903 January 15 



1904 January 23 



1905 January 18 



1906 January 5 



1907 January 10 



1908 January i 



1909 November 21 (1908) 



1918 March 9 



Daily more and more flowers open until about the latter part 

 of February and early March when they are at their height. 

 Then the greatest numbers may be found open. Of course the 

 date varies slightly owing to the general weather conditions. 



Distribution. — In general the plants are found in the eastern 

 coastal states, although a closely allied species is found through- 

 out the west and is there spoken of as the western skunk cabbage, 

 or Lysichiton Kamtschatcensis. It is common around Vancouver. 

 In general, though, Symplocarpits is distributed along our eastern 

 states, ranging from Nova Scotia down to Virginia and is also 

 reported by the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, as 

 having been found in Amur and Japan. 



The following table gives in general its distribution. 



Number of Herbariums 

 States Reporting 



Canada 2 



Maine 3 



New Hampshire 2 



Vermont i 



Massachusetts 4 



Rhode Island 2 



Connecticut 4 



Long Island 2 



New York 3 



New Jersey 3 



Pennsylvania 2 



District of Columbia i 



Maryland i 



Virginia i 



