GOLDEN CLUB (Oron tium aquaticum), a North Ameri can aquatic plant of the arum family (Araceae), found in shal low ponds and less frequently in swamps from Massachusetts to Florida, chiefly near the coast. It is a somewhat fleshy perennial, with thick oblong, ascending, or floating leaves, 5 to io in. long, and bearing in early spring a nar row but dense cluster (spike) of small bright yellow flowers, ter minating a flattened stalk, i ft. to 2 ft. long, which rises above the - - - ---- -- - water. This handsome aroid, the only species of the genus, is sometimes transplanted in water gardens (see ARACEAE).