ARUM FAMILY. 425 
PELTANDRA Raf. Journ. Phys. 89: 103. 1819. 
Two species, paludial perennials. Southeastern North America. 
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michx.) Morong, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 102. 1894, 
WHITE ARROW-ARUM. WILD CALLA LILY. 
Calla sagittifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 187. 1803. 
Calladium glaucum El. Sk. 2:631. 1821-24. 
Peltandra alba Raf. New. Fl. N. Am. 1:88. 1836. 
Nanthosoma sagittifolia Chap. F). 441. 1860. Not Schult. 
Ell. 8k.1.¢. Gray, Man. ed. 6,550. Chap. Fl. 441; ed. 3, 465. 
Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, along the Gulf coast to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Coast region. Boggy borders of pine-barren streams. Mobile and 
Baldnn counties. Flowers in June. Spadix white, fruit scarlet. July to August; 
not rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in paludosis Georgiae et Floridae.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Peltandra virginica (L.) Kunth, Enum. 3:43. 1841. GREEN ARUM. 
Arum virginicum L., Sp. Pl. 2:966. 1753. 
Peltandra undulata Raf. Journ. Phys. 89: 103. 1819. 
Calla virginica Michx. F], Bor. Am. 2:187. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 2:630. Gray, Man. ed. 6,550. Chap. Fl. 440. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area, Ontario; New England, west to Michigan; 
lower Ohio Valley, south to Florida and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Low muddy 
places. Most abundant near the coast. Mobile County. Tuscaloosa County (£. A. 
Smith). Flowers in April; green. Common. 
The whole plant is acrid. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ARISAEMA Mart. Flora, 14:459. 1831. 
About 50 species, perennials, of temperate and subtropical regions. Eastern Asia, 
North America. Atlantic North America, 2/ 
Arisaema quinatum Schott, Syn. Areid. 28. 1856. 
Arum quinatum Nutt. Gen. 2: 222. 1818. 
Arum polymorphum Buckl. Am. Journ. Sci. 45: 173. 1843. 
Arisaema polymorphum Chap. FI. 440. 1860. 
Ell. Sk. 2:629. Chap. FI. ed. 3, 464. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina, Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Upper division Coast Pine belt. Rich wooded 
hillsides, Winston County, Colliers Creek, altitude 1,300 feet. Clarke County, Choc- 
taw Corner, altitude 250 feet. Flowers April, May. Spathe white. Infrequent. 
Distinguished from Arum triphyllum by the quinate or subqninats second leaf, by 
the acute, rather slender (not intlated), spathe, and by the slender spadix tapering to 
the obtuse (not clavate) apex. 
Type locality: ‘In Georgia;—Dr. Baldiwyn.” 
Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Torr. Fl. N. Y.2:239. 1843. INDIAN TURNIP. 
Arum triphyllum L. Sp. Pl. 2:965. 1753. 
EIL Sk. 2:629. Gray, Man. ed. 6,549. Chap. FI. 440. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia and Ontario; New England, west 
to Minnesota, south to the Ohio Valley, Florida, and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Rich wooded hillsides, copses. Winston County, 1,500 
feet. Clay, Cullman, Tuscaloosa, Clarke, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. April, May; 
not common. 
The plant with leaves of 5 segments from the mountains of Winston County is 
found too closely connected with the type by forms from Clarke County, with 
the lateral leaflets more or less deeply two-parted, to be considered distinct. 
Economic uses: The root, known as “Indian turnip,” is used medicinally. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Virginia, Brasilia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
