44, WILD FLOWER FAMILIES 
petal-like substance of the spurs and extract the 
nectar through the openings thus made. On hill- 
sides where the Columbines are abundant nearly 
all the flowers may be found so punctured late in 
the season. But this seldom prevents the matur- 
ing of the seed in the curious long and pointed 
seed pods: for in case neither bees nor humming- 
birds visit the blossoms in the legitimate manner, 
the ovules are fertilized by the pollen from the 
stamens of the same blossom. There are five of 
the pods which split open when the seeds ripen; 
the latter are smooth and black. As the seeds 
are maturing the stems which were arched while 
bearing the flowers, straighten out to hold the 
pods erect. 
This flower is often called the ‘‘ honeysuckle,” 
on account of the nectar to be sucked through the 
spurs when the tip is opened, but this name more 
properly belongs to another group of plants. In 
some regions the blossoms are also called “ red 
bells.” These flowers are especial favorites of 
the humming-birds. 
BANEBERRIES. In moist, rich woods the White 
Baneberry is one of the most characteristic plants 
of the latter part of spring. The smooth, robust, 
leafless stalk rises from the ground eight or ten 
inches before it sends out the one large, doubly 
compound leaf with the margin of its many leaf- 
lets cut into numerous serrate lobes, each of which 
