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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 





l''n,. l;s7, II. — C'olunihiiie. Floral diagram. Stariirns. 0\-ary, cut acrosy. 



r'ruit. Seed, entire, enlarged. .Same, cut ^■erticali^^ (Baillon.) 

 l''n;. 2SS, I. — Baneberry (Actoa spicaia, Crowfoot Family, Ranunculacea^). 



Flowering top. (LeMaout and Decaisne.) — Perennial herb 3(l-(iO 



em. tall; flowers white or bluish; fruit fleshy, purpli.sh or red. Native 



home, Eurasia, Northern States. 



(hlTcrence in the length of the lower internodes, whieli in the 

 marsh-marigold and many other members of the family are 

 so short that the foliage leaves are crowded together into a 

 rosette. Somewliat similarly al)l)revia1ed internod(>s bearing 

 scale-like leaf-members often remain underground, as in 



