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THE CROWFOOT FAMILY 



102. The vegetative organs compared. Let us begin Ijy 

 com]mring the marsh-marigold as a type of the family with 

 the other representatives here illustrated. This plant we 



Fig. 283. — Chri.-5tnia,s Rose ami Moiisc-tnii (IlrUvhorus niger and I\Ii/u-'<iirus 

 ■minunus. Crowfoot Faniilj'. Hananculacctc) . 1, Flowering plant of 

 Christmas rose, i. 2, flowering plant of mouse-tail, 5, with flower, en- 

 larged, above. (Kerner.) — The (.'hristmas rose is a perennial herb, 

 about 30 cm. tall; leaves evergreen, glossy; flowers wdiite or pinkish; 

 fruit dry. Native home, Europe. The mouse-tail is an annual with 

 greenish flo\A-ers and dry fruit. Nati\'e to Eurasia, Northern Africa, 

 .Vustralia, and North -\meric;i. 



know t(i he an herl) (sec pa,,!.>;e 108) because the jiarts al)0\'e 

 grounil are too tendei- and succulent t(i live through the 

 wintei'. "I'iie rools do persist however, and sei'vc as store- 

 houses for food which the plant uses in the following spring. 



