"Bryonin" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... leaves. Insignificant pale-green flowers spring in small clusters from the bottom of these leaves. The round berries are at first green, and afterwards brilliantly red. Chemically, the plant contains "bryonin," a medicinal substance which is intensely bitter; also malate and phosphate of lime, with gum, ...
— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie |
