The leaf- and flower-stems rise 1 or 2 feet from the root.
The leaf varies very much in size and proportion; it is arrow-shaped, with strong ribs, a smooth and fine surface, and is borne on a single stem that rises directly from the root. It is green, of a vigorous quality.
The flowers leave 3 rounding petals, concave, and of an exceptionally pure white color. They are of two kinds, sometimes borne on separate stems, sometimes upon the same stem (in which case the stamen-bearing flowers are placed upon its upper part); the stamens are many, and of a pure orange yellow, making a heart of gold in their white blossoms, while the pistil appears in its flower as a beautiful light green ball. The calyx is green and 3-parted. The flowers are arranged in whorls of threes and fours, upon inch long foot-stems, which are placed along a large many-angled, green stem, rising from the root.
The Arrowhead is attractive in all its parts, and in its gesture; it is truly decorative, and suggests the subjects treated by the best Gothic artists.
ARROWHEAD: Sagittaria variabilis.
Pods of Asclepias Cornuti.
INDEX.
SCIENTIFIC NAMES.
- A
- Achillea Millefolium, [306]
- Acorus calamus, [608]
- Actæa spicata, [18]
- Agrimonia Eupatoria, [168]
- ALISMACEÆ, [610]
- AMARYLLIDACEÆ, [568]
- Ampelopsis quinquefolia, [110]
- Amphicarpæa monoica, [124]
- Anagallis arvensis, [416]
- Anaphalis margaritacea, [302]
- Andromeda, ligustrina, [376]
- polifolia, [374]
- Anemone, nemorosa, [6]
- Virginiana, [8]
- Anemonella thalictroides, [14]
- Antennaria plantaginifolia, [246]
- Anthemis Cotula, [258]
- Apios tuberosa, [142]
- APOCYNACEÆ, [418]
- Apocynum, androsæmifolium, [418]
- cannabinum, [420]
- Aquilegia Canadensis, [20]
- ARACEÆ, [600]
- Aralia, nudicaulis, [220]
- racemosa, [222]
- ARALIACEÆ, [220]
- Arctium, Lappa, [298]
- Arisæma Dracontium, [604]
- triphyllum, [606]
- ARISTOLOCHIACEÆ, [528]
- Artemisia Absinthium, [274]
- Asarum Canadense, [528]
- ASCLEPIADACEÆ, [422]
- Asclepias, Cornuti, [434]
- incarnata, [426]
- obtusifolia, [424]
- phytolaccoides, [430]
- purpurascens, [428]
- quadrifolia, [422]
- tuberosa, [432]
- Aster, acuminatus, [344]
- cordifolius, [354]
- corymbosus, [336]
- linariifolius, [348]
- macrophyllus, [346]
- multiflorus, [340]
- Novæ Angliæ, [338]
- patens, [352]
- ptarmicoides, [334]
- puniceus, [342]
- undulatus, [350]
- B
- Baptisia tinctoria, [120]
- Barbarea vulgaris, [52]
- BERBERIDACEÆ, [32]
- Berberis vulgaris, [32]
- Bidens, cernua, [312]
- frondosa, [314]
- BORRAGINACEÆ, [440]
- Brassica, nigra, [56]
- Sinapistrum, [54]
- Brunella vulgaris, [502]
- Buda rubra, [82]
- C
- Calopogon pulchellus, [546]
- Caltha palustris, [4]
- Campanula, rapunculoides, [368]
- rotundifolia, [366]
- CAMPANULACEÆ, [364]
- CAPRIFOLIACEÆ, [226]
- CARYOPHYLLACEÆ, [76]
- Cassandra calyculata, [372]
- Cassia Marilandica, [122]
- Castilleia coccinea, [456]
- Ceanothus Americanus, [108]
- CELASTRACEÆ, [106]
- Celastrus scandens, [106]
- Cephalanthus occidentalis, [242]
- Cerastium arvense, [76]
- Chelidonium majus, [44]
- Chelone glabra, [482]
- Chimaphila, maculata, [400]
- umbellata, [398]
- Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum, [262]
- Cichorium Intybus, [296]
- Circæa alpina, [202]
- CISTACEÆ, [60]
- Clematis, verticillaris, [28]
- Virginiana, [30]
- Cnicus, arvensis, [290]
- lanceolatus, [286]
- pumilus, [288]
- COMPOSITÆ, [246]
- CONVOLVULACEÆ, [444]
- Convolvulus, sepium, [446]
- spithamæus, [444]
- Coptis trifolia, [16]
- CORNACEÆ, [224]
- Cornus Canadensis, [224]
- Corydalis glauca, [48]
- CRASSULACEÆ, [188]
- CRUCIFERÆ, [50]
- CUCURBITACEÆ, [204]
- Cuscuta Gronovii, [448]
- Cypripedium, acaule, [538]
- pubescens, [540]
- spectabile, [542]
- D
- Daucus Carota, [218]
- Dentaria laciniata, [50]
- Desmodium nudiflorum, [140]
- Dianthus Armeria, [88]
- Dicentra Cucullaria, [46]
- Diervilla trifida, [232]
- Dirca palustris, [532]
- Drosera rotundifolia, [190]
- DROSERACEÆ, [190]
- E
- Echium vulgare, [442]
- Epigæa repens, [370]
- Epilobium, angustifolium, [198]
- coloratum, [200]
- Epiphegus Virginiana, [484]
- ERICACEÆ, [370]
- Erigeron, bellidifolius, [252]
- Philadelphicus, [254]
- Erythronium Americanum, [570]
- Eupatorium, ageratoides, [282]
- perfoliatum, [280]
- purpureum, [284]
- F
- Fragaria Virginiana, [146]
- FUMARIACEÆ, [46]
- G
- Galeopsis Tetrahit, [514]
- Galium asprellum, [244]
- Gaultheria procumbens, [402]
- Gentiana, Andrewsii, [438]
- crinita, [436]
- GENTIANACEÆ, [436]
- GERANIACEÆ, [96]
- Geranium, maculatum, [96]
- Robertianum, [98]
- Gerardia, flava, [468]
- pedicularia, [470]
- tenuifolia, [472]
- Geum album, [166]
- Gnaphalium polycephalum, [304]
- Goodyera pubescens, [558]
- H
- Habenaria, fimbriata, [548]
- Hookeri, [552]
- hyperborea, [556]
- lacera, [554]
- psycodes, [550]
- HAMAMELIDEÆ, [192]
- Hamamelis Virginiana, [192]
- Hedeoma pulegioides, [512]
- Helianthemum Canadense, [60]
- Helianthus tuberosus, [316]
- Hepatica triloba, [1]
- Heracleum lanatum, [212]
- Hieracium, aurantiacum, [268]
- Canadense, [266]
- Gronovii, [270]
- venosum, [264]
- Houstonia cærulea, [238]
- Hydrocotyle Americana, [214]
- HYPERICACEÆ, [90]
- Hypericum maculatum, [92]
- perforatum, [90]
- Hypoxis erecta, [568]
- Hyssopus officinalis, [500]
- I
- Ilex verticillata, [104]
- ILICINEÆ, [104]
- Impatiens fulva, [102]
- Inula Helenium, [300]
- IRIDACEÆ, [564]
- Iris versicolor, [564]
- K
- Kalmia, angustifolia, [390]
- glauca, [388]
- latifolia, [386]
- Krigia Virginica, [260]
- L
- LABIATÆ, [492]
- Lactuca hirsuta, [272]
- LAURACEÆ, [530]
- LEGUMINOSÆ, [116]
- Leonurus Cardiaca, [504]
- Lepidium Virginicum, [58]
- LILIACEÆ, [570]
- Lilium, Canadense, [592]
- Philadelphicum, [594]
- Linaria, Canadensis, [476]
- vulgaris, [474]
- Lindera Benzoin, [530]
- Linnæa borealis, [230]
- Lobelia, cardinalis, [362]
- inflata, [360]
- Kalmii, [358]
- spicata, [356]
- LOBELIACEÆ, [356]
- Lonicera glauca, [226]
- Lupinus perennis, [116]
- Lysimachia, quadrifolia, [410]
- stricta, [412]
- M
- Malva rotundifolia, [94]
- MALVACEÆ, [94]
- Medeola Virginiana, [588]
- Medicago, lupulina, [136]
- sativa, [138]
- Melampyrum Americanum, [478]
- Mentha, Canadensis, [506]
- piperita, [510]
- virides, [508]
- Mimulus ringens, [480]
- Mitchella repens, [240]
- Mitella diphylla, [180]
- Monarda, didyma, [496]
- fistulosa, [498]
- Moneses grandiflora, [396]
- Monotropa, Hypopitys, [404]
- uniflora, [406]
- Myosotis palustris, [440]
- Myrica asplenifolia, [534]
- MYRICACEÆ, [534]
- N
- Nepeta, Cataria, [494]
- Glechoma, [492]
- Nuphar advena, [36]
- Nymphæa odorata, [38]
- NYMPHÆACEÆ 36
- O
- Oakesia sessilifolia, [578]
- Œnothera, biennis, [196]
- pumila, [194]
- ONAGRACEÆ, [194]
- ORCHIDACEÆ, [536]
- Orchis spectabilis, [536]
- OROBANCHACEÆ, [484]
- Orontium aquaticum, [602]
- Osmorrhiza longistylis, [206]
- Oxalis corniculata, [100]
- P
- PAPAVERACEÆ, [42]
- Parnassia Caroliniana, [186]
- Pastinaca sativa, [216]
- Pedicularis, Canadensis, [452]
- lanceolata, [454]
- Phryma Leptostachya, [490]
- Phytolacca decandra, [518]
- PHYTOLACCACEÆ, [518]
- Podophyllum peltatum, [34]
- Pogonia ophioglossoides, [544]
- Polygala, paucifolia, [112]
- sanguinea, [114]
- POLYGALACEÆ, [112]
- POLYGONACEÆ, [520]
- Polygonatum giganteum, [590]
- Polygonum, amphibium, [526]
- Pennsylvanicum, [524]
- sagittatum, [522]
- Pontederia cordata, [596]
- PONTEDERIACEÆ, [596]
- Potentilla, argentea, [174]
- arguta, [172]
- Canadensis, [170]
- fructicosa, [176]
- Prenanthes, alba, [308]
- altissima, [310]
- PRIMULACEÆ, [408]
- Pyrola, elliptica, [392]
- secunda, [394]
- Pyrus arbutifolia, [44]
- R
- RANUNCULACEÆ, [1]
- Ranunculus, acris, [24]
- Pennsylvanicus, [26]
- septentrionalis, [22]
- RHAMNACEÆ, [108]
- Rhododendron, nudiflorum, [378]
- viscosum, [380]
- Ribes floridum, [184]
- Rosa, blanda, [152]
- humilis, [50]
- rubiginosa, [148]
- ROSACEÆ, [144]
- RUBIACEÆ, [238]
- Rubus, Canadensis, [156]
- hispidus, [158]
- odoratus, [160]
- villosus, [154]
- Rudbeckia hirta, [278]
- Rumex Acetosella, [520]
- S
- Sagittaria variabilis, [610]
- Sambucus Canadensis, [234]
- Sanguinaria Canadensis, [42]
- Sanicula Marylandica, [210]
- Saponaria officinalis, [84]
- Sarracenia purpurea, [40]
- SARRACENIACEÆ, [40]
- Saxifraga Virginiensis, [178]
- SAXIFRAGACEÆ, [178]
- SCROPHULARIACEÆ, [452]
- Sedum Telephium, [188]
- Senecio aureus, [256]
- Sicyos angulatus, [204]
- Silene noctiflora, [86]
- Sisyrinchium angustifolium, [566]
- Smilacina, racemosa, [582]
- trifolia, [580]
- Smilax herbacea, [584]
- SOLANACEÆ, [450]
- Solanum Dulcamara, [450]
- Solidago, bicolor, [320]
- cæsia, [332]
- Canadensis, [324]
- juncea, [322]
- lanceolata, [318]
- latifolia, [330]
- nemoralis, [328]
- speciosa, [326]
- Sonchus, asper, [292]
- oleraceus, [294]
- Sparganium simplex, [598]
- Specularia perfoliata, [364]
- Spiræa, salicifolia, [162]
- tomentosa, [164]
- Spiranthes, præcox, [562]
- Romanzoffiana, [560]
- Steironema ciliatum, [414]
- Stellaria, longifolia, [80]
- media, [78]
- Symphoricarpos racemosus, [236]
- Symplocarpus fœtidus, [600]
- T
- Tanacetum vulgare, [276]
- Taraxacum officinale, [248]
- Thalictrum, dioicum, [10]
- polygamum, [12]
- THYMELÆACEÆ, [532]
- Tiarella cordifolia, [182]
- Tricostema dichotomum, [516]
- Trientalis Americana, [408]
- Trifolium, agrarium, [132]
- arvense, [134]
- hybridum, [128]
- pratense, [130]
- repens, [126]
- Trillium, cernuum, [574]
- erectum, [572]
- Tussilago Farfara, [250]
- TYPHACEÆ, [598]
- U
- UMBELLIFERÆ, [206]
- Uvularia perfoliata, [576]
- V
- Vaccinium, stamineum, [384]
- vacillans, [382]
- Veratrum viride, [586]
- Verbascum, Blattaria, [466]
- Thapsus, [464]
- Verbena, hastata, [486]
- urticæfolia, [488]
- VERBENACEÆ, [486]
- Veronica, Americana, [460]
- officinalis, [462]
- serpyllifolia, [458]
- Viburnum acerifolium, [228]
- Vicia Cracca, [118]
- Viola, blanda, [62]
- Canadensis, [68]
- canina, [70]
- palmata, [72]
- pedata, [74]
- pubescens, [66]
- sagittata, [64]
- VIOLACEÆ, [62]
- VITACEÆ, [110]
- Z
- Zizia aurea, [208]