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Calix and corolla none. Berry 1 or many- 
seeded. — JYutt. 
1. A. stemless; leaves pedate; folioles lanceolate- ^^racomium, 
oblong, very entire; spadix subulate, longer 
than the oblong-convolute spathe. — Willd. and 
Purslu 
Icon. Pluk. aim. t. £71. f. £. 
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. 
£. A. subcaulescent ; leaves ternate ; folioles ovate, triphyiium. 
acuminate ; spadix clavate, half the length of 
the ovate, acuminate, flat, pedunculated spathe ; 
flowers monoicous. — Willd. 
xvith a green spathe. virens. 
Icon. Pluk. amalth. t. 376. f. 3. 
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. 
3. A. stemless ; leaves hastate-cordate, acute ; lobes virginieum. 
obtuse; spathe elongated, incurved ; spadix 
above, with a long column of masculine flow- 
ers. — Willd. and Pers. 
Calla Virginiana, Mich. 
with a purple spathe. 
Icon. Pluk. aim. t. 77. f. 5. 
Indian Turnip. 
A plant not easily distinguished at a distance, from Sagitta- 
