GOLDENCLUB 
Orontium aquaticum Linnaeus 
Goldenclub 1s not so handsome as many members of the Arum 
Family, but when the plants grow in large colonies their many 
bright yellow spikes are showy. Each spike is com posed of innumer- 
able tiny flowers. The plant attracts gnats and small insects, which 
ate instrumental in fertilizing the flowers. It grows in open swamps. 
and on the muddy bordets of streams. 
The range of the goldenclub is from Louisiana to Florida and 
northward to Massachusetts, chiefly near the coast. 
The specimen sketched was procured near Beaufort, South 
Carolina. 
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