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THE CROWFOOT FAMILY 



The stem parts of the marsh-marigold agree fundamentally 

 Avith those of the flax plant in their general form aiid mode of 

 branching, although differing in such minor details as slender- 

 ness and toughness. There is, however, a more significant 



Fig. 2.S7, II. — Columbine. Floral diagram. Stamens. Ovary, cut across. 



Fruit. Seed, entire, enlarged. Same, cut vertically. (Baillon.) 

 Fig. 28S, I. — Baneberry (Aciaa spicata, Crowfoot Family, RanunculacecF). 



Flowering top. (LeMaout and Decaisne.) — Perennial herb 30-60 



cm. 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 man}- 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 



