Search Results for: Seeds containing sweetening matter
an inch long), pendent, bell-shaped, furrowed, the corolla with five large teeth or lobes, slightly reflexed. the five-cleft calyx spreads round the base of the smooth berry, which ripens in september, when it acquires a shining black colour and is in size like a small cherry. it contains several seeds
affect some of the lower animals but little. eight pounds of the herb are said to have been eaten by a horse without causing any injury, and an ass swallowed lb. of the ripe berries without any bad results following. rabbits, sheep, goats and swine eat the leaves with impunity, and birds often eat the seeds...
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