DICOTYLEDONS lOI 



cases have been known of their suffering from 

 eating them. They prove to be very emetic and 

 purgative, etc., producing more or less inflamma- 

 tion in the digestive canal. The berries contain 

 a very bitter principle, apparently somewhat akin 

 to quinine. They are, however, largely eaten by 

 wood-pigeons, blackbirds, and thrushes. 



