"Common arrowhead" Quotes from Famous Books
... this island consists of the numerous ponds in the interior, abounding with the common arrowhead (sagittaria sagittifolia) to the root of which is attached a bulb growing beneath it in the mud. This bulb, to which the Indians give the name of wappatoo,(1) is the great article of food, and almost the staple ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — First Across the Continent • Noah Brooks |