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 conuecting 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 
