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Arum triphyllum (Arum family.) 
“ Or peers the Arum from its spotted veil.” 
Bkyant. 
r ERE are two species of Arums common to Canada, the 
larger of which is known as Green-dragon (Arum Dracon- 
tium); the other, which forms the central figure in the 
plate, is the most common to our soil, and is known by 
the familiar name of Indian Turnip (Arum triphyllum or A. 
purpureum). 
These moisture-loving plants are chiefly to be found in rich, 
black, swampy mould, beneath the shade of trees and rank herbage, 
near creeks and damp places, in or about the forest. 
The sheath that envelops and protects the spadix, or central 
portion of the plant, is an incurved membraneous hood of a pale 
green colour, beautifully striped with dark purple or brownish- 
purple. 
The flowers are inconspicuous, hidden by the sheath ; they 
are of two kinds, the sterile and fertile, the former placed above, 
the latter consisting of four or more stamens and 2 4-celled 
