GOLDENCLUB 



Orontium aquaticum Linnaeus 



Goldenclub is 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 composed of innumer- 

 able tiny flowers. The plant attracts gnats and small insects, which 

 are instrumental in fertilizing the flowers. It grows in open swamps 

 and on the muddy borders 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. 



PLATE 2.2.2. 



