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Common White Bryony. (Bryonia dioica, Jacq.) — The only British species (as just 
described). Flowers inch across, the male on one and the female on another plant (dioecious). 
The berries round, about the size of a pea, ripening from orange to scarlet, the brittle stems 
climbing, by means of the tendrils, to a considerable height. The whole plant is of a bright, 
shining green, with a few short, white hairs, and its large fleshy root is poisonous. [ Plate 48. 
Common. Hedges and bushy places. May — September. Perennial. 
