CROWFOOT FAMILY 



delicate in fact, but very pretty and feathery. The 

 flower-stem unites with the main stalk at the junction 

 of the leaf-stems. 



In September the fruit is very noticeable in the 

 form of a loose, stiff raceme of pure white berries, each 

 with a little black eye and borne on thickened red 

 pedicels. The effect is unusual and quite worthy the 

 children's name — Dolls' Eyes. 



The Red Baneberry, Ad^a rubra, is a form very 

 like White Baneberry but of more northern range. 

 The general character of the two plants is very similar, 

 but the fruit of the Red Baneberry is a thick cluster 

 of red oval berries upon slender pedicels. The bloom- 

 ing season is considerably later. 



WILD COLUMBINE. HONEYSUCKLE *^ 



AquiUgia Canadensis 



Perennial. Sunny, rocky slopes and ledges, sides of 

 ravines, something of a cliff-dweller. Nova Scotia to the 

 Northwest Territory, south to Florida and Texas. Fre- 

 quent in northern Ohio. April-July. 



Stems. — Twelve to eighteen inches high, loosely branch- 

 ing, more or less tinged with purple. 



Leaves. — Twice or thrice compound. The basal leaves 

 are borne on long slender stems that arise directly from 

 the root and in spring form thick, rounded tufts; each 

 leaflet has three or more lobes with irregular, rounded 

 notches; the upper leaflets are variously shaped, gener- 

 ally rounded. 



Flowers. — Irregular, solitary, nodding, scarlet with yel- 

 low linings, both terminal and axillary. 



Calyx. — Five ovate sepals, colored like the petals. 



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