Jack-in-the-pulpit or Indian Turnip, a common plant that blossoms in early spring in low grounds or along streams. The flowers come from the flattish, turnip-shaped root, the juice of which is very acrid, or biting. The flowers are very small and are grouped closely together at the base of the rather long, club-shaped growth. Around the whole is wrapped a leaf that is greenish on the outside and striped with purple or green within. Later in the season all parts, excepting the stem and the bunch of scarlet berries, wither.