BROWNISH AND VARIEGATED FLOWERS 
Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense) . Birthwort family. 
April, May. 
A low perennial with several large, angularly heart-shaped 
leaves on long hairy stalks. Near the ground is a single, incon- 
spicuous, bell-shaped, brownish (one inch) flower having a calyx 
with three-pointed rim, no corolla. 
Beech-drops. Cancer-root {Epifagus virginiana). Broom- 
rape family. August to October. 
A low plant with branching fleshy stem, no leaves. Flowers 
small, in spike, corolla tubular, four- 
lobed, brown-purple-yellow, style pro- 
jecting. Upper flowers open but sterile, 
lower closed, fertile. Under beech 
trees. (Greek, upon, and beech.) 
Jack-in-the-Pulpit. Indian Turnip 
{Ariscema triphyllum). Arum 
family. April to June. 
A familiar perennial bearing a striped 
hood (spathe) , variously colored (green- 
purple-white) , under which stands 
" Jack," consisting of Httle flowers 
packed on the lower part of a spadix. 
The sterile flower consists of a few 
anthers, the fertile of an ovary, 
JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT generally on separate plants (dioe- 
(Arisaema triphy/fum') cious). (Greek, arum, and blood.) 
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