334 THE CROWFOOT FAMILY 
The stem parts of the marsh-marigold agree fundamentally 
with those of the flax plant in their general form and mode of 
branching, although differing in such minor details as slender- 
ness and toughness. There is, however, a more significant 
Fic. 287, I1.—Columbine. Floral diagram. Stamens. Ovary, cut across. 
Fruit. Seed, entire, enlarged. Same, cut vertically. (Baillon.) 
Fic. 288, I—Baneberry (Actea spicata, Crowfoot Family, Ranunculaceae). 
Flowering top. (LeMaout and Decaisne.)—Perennial herb 30-60 
em. tall; flowers white or bluish; fruit fleshy, purplish or red. Native 
home, Eurasia, Northern States. 
difference in the length of the lower internodes, which in the 
marsh-marigold and many other members of the-family are 
so short that the foliage leaves are crowded together into a 
rosette. Somewhat similarly abbreviated internodes bearing 
scale-like leaf-members often remain underground, as in 
