168-2 
expressed juice of the corms with nine ounces of sugar of milk, were quite similar 
to those caused by A. éryphillum: Prickling pains, dryness, then catarrhal secre- 
tion from the larynx and bronchial tubes, hoarseness ; great prostration ; increased 
heart's action; dyspnoea; rattling of mucus on expiration; muco-purulent expec- 
toration, composed mostly of thick, heavy, yellowish pus; and increased urination. 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE 168, 
1, 2, and 3. Whole plant, Pittsburgh, Pa.. June roth, 1875. 
2. Leaf (four times reduced). 
4. Spadix. 
5. Sterile flower. 
6. Fertile flower. 
7 and 8. Sections of the pistil. 
(4-8 enlarged.) 
