46 WILD FLOWER FAMILIES 



The Red Baneberry is very similar to the 

 White, the chief difference being in its bright red 

 berries which are borne on much more slender 

 pedicels than are those of the White Baneberry. 



GOLDTHREAD. The white flowers of the Gold- 

 thread are found in abundance in spring in damp, 

 shady places. You may be sure of the species 



GOLDTHREAD 



when you find the yellow rootstock connecting the 

 plants. The structure of the blossom is peculiar : 

 the sepals are white and petal-like; the stamens 

 are small and numerous; the pistils have large 

 curved stigmatic surfaces. But the petals are 

 most curious : each arises from in front of and be- 

 tween the bases of each pair of sepals, in the form 

 of a miniature column that gradually enlarges 



