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Calix and corolla none. Berry i or many- 
seeded.—Wutt. 
1. A. stemless; leaves pedate ; folioles lanceolate- Dracontium. 
oblong, very entire; spadix subulate, longer 
than the oblong-convolute spathe.— Willd. and 
Pursh. 
Icon. Pluk. alm. t. 271. f. 2. 
Green Dragon. Dragon Root. Pedate-leaved Wake 
Robin. 
‘ About two feet high. Leaves large. On the Wissahickon, 
and the borders of the Schuylkill, west side ; rather rare. Pe- 
rennial. June. 
2, A. subcaulescent ; leaves ternate ; folioles ovate, triphylium. 
acuminate; spadix clavate, half the length of _, 
the ovate, acuminate, flat, pedunculated spathe; 
flowers monoicous.— Willd. 
with a green spathe.  virens. 
Icon. Pluk. amalth. t. 376. f. 3. 
with a purple spathe. Be ttre 
Icon. Pluk. alm. t. 77. f. 5. eco 
Indian Turnip. 
A singular looking plant with a hooded spathe, often pret- 
tily striped within, though sometimes entirely green with ob- 
scure white stripes. Possesses medicinal properties; and a 
kind of arrow-root has been made from the root. In damp 
woods and copses, and in boggy ground ; common. Perennial. 
June. 
5. A. stemless ; leaves hastate-cordate, acute ; lobes Virginicum. 
obtuse; spathe elongated, incurved ; spadix 
above, with a long column of masculine flow- 
ers.— Willd. and Pers. 
Calla Virginiana, Mich. 
A plant not easily distinguished at a distance, from Sagitta- 
