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Sweet Flag. Acorus Calamus. 



Found in swamps and on the borders of runlets, in flower in June. 



The Sweet Flag has no common stalk ; the leaves springing directly 

 from the rootstock ; long and narrow (from 3 to 4 feet long), sword-like 

 in shape, thin and even on the edge, and rising to a sharply defined 

 ridge on one side of the center ; the surface is like silk, and the texture 

 is firm and fine ; of a beautiful grass-green color. 



The minute greenish-yellow flowers are closely set in a long club- 

 like spike, growing out abruptly from the middle of a leaf-like stalk. 



The large root is sought and eaten for its pungent and aromatic 

 flavor; the tender young flower-club also has the same qualities of 

 flavor and is eaten by children, who in certain localities call it "the 

 grater." 



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