4(3d 
fOLTANDRIA POtYOYNIA. AfUm, 
Dracottiium, 
July. V. V, Flowers handsomely green and yellow^ 
or green and purple striped. Roots known as a me- 
dicine among the natives, particularly in colics ; they 
are generally called Indian Turnips, 
5. A. acaule; foliis pedatis, foliolis lanceolato-oblongis in« 
tegerrimis, spadice subulate spatha oblonga convoluts 
longiore. — Willd. sp. pi 4. p. 4/8. 
Icon. Pluk. aim. t, 2y\.f. 2. 
In shady woods : Virginia to Florida, % . June, July* 
V. V, 
