USEFUL WILD PLANTS 



turnip-shaped corm, bitten into raw, stings the 

 tongue like red hot needles; becomes thoroughly 

 tamed when dried and cooked, and its starchy con- 



JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT 



' (Arisaema trvphyllum) 



tent was once a source of bread to the Seneca In- 

 dians. 

 The name Tuckaho has also been applied to a sub- 



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