. Our early wild flowers [microform] : a study of the herbaceous plants blooming in early spring in the northern states and Canada. Wild flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Botanique. ARUM FAMILY GOLDEN-CLUB Ordntium aqudttcum Perennial, aquatic herb found in shallow ponds, stand- ing water, and swamps, preferably those accessible to tide- water. New England to the Gulf States, mostly near the coast. Not in Ohio. April, May. Rootstock.—Thick, fleshy. Leaves.—All from the root, long- petiolcd, oblong-elliptic, nerved with- out distinct midvein, dull green above, pale underneath, five to twelve in
. Our early wild flowers [microform] : a study of the herbaceous plants blooming in early spring in the northern states and Canada. Wild flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Botanique. ARUM FAMILY GOLDEN-CLUB Ordntium aqudttcum Perennial, aquatic herb found in shallow ponds, stand- ing water, and swamps, preferably those accessible to tide- water. New England to the Gulf States, mostly near the coast. Not in Ohio. April, May. Rootstock.—Thick, fleshy. Leaves.—All from the root, long- petiolcd, oblong-elliptic, nerved with- out distinct midvein, dull green above, pale underneath, five to twelve inches long, narrowed or partly furled at the base, floating or erect. Scape.—Six to twenty inches tall, slender, terete, flattened just below the flowering club, closely covered by a short sheath at base. Flowers.—Minute, bright yellow, perfect, crowded on a spadix one to two inches long, which becomes greatly thickened in fruit; the lower flowers with six concave sepals and six sta- mens, the upper ones with four; odor unpleasant. Calyx.—Four to six scale-like, yel- low sepals. Corolla.—Wanting. Stamens.—Four to six, with linear filaments and small anthers. Pistil.—Ovary partly imbedded in the spadix, one- celled; stigma sessile. Fruit.—A single seed, surrounded by a loose, green cover; the whole called a Goldcn-Club. Ordntium aquiilkum. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Keeler, Harriet L. (Harriet Louise), 1846-1921. Toronto : McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart
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