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neck, which latter expands and forms the perianthium, gap- 
ing, ringent; the lower leaf: (2) of which is prolonged to 25 
centimetres in length, is funnel-shaped, terminating in a mere 
point, with both edges scolloped and contracted like a ruffle ; 
the superior part is hermetically closed, and as the flower is 
being developed, it swells and puffs out, and when the pollen 
is fully ripened, the former bursts with force, making a noise 
like the lowing of a calf, and scatters the latter in every 
direction. 
The most perfectly formed individuals of this species are 
found at from 200 to 300 metres above the level of the sea. 
They abound in the whole valley of the river Magdalena in 
cleared patches of land, and are most abundant in the plan- 
tain fields. 
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The Curers give it different names, the most common of 
which are Arponcito, Alconcito, Solobasta; the color of the 
flower is magenta brown articulations upon a reddish-white 
ground. 
This is undoubtedly one of the most efficacious antidotes in 
common use. The root has a strong smell and taste of cam- 
phor. I prepared a homeeopathic tincture of both the root 
and leaves, and with this inoculated several dogs, by making 
a slight incision with a lancet on the inner side of the fore 
leg, close to the shoulder-joint, introducing into the incision 
a small pellet of cotton saturated with the tinct. Arist. Col., 
one drop; some inoculations were made with an incision 
under each leg, others with only a single incision. The latter 
plan appears to be perfectly efficacious. 
_ The animal falls into a semi-comatose state ; in some cases 
a slight epistaxis supervenes, accompanied with bilious evacu- 
ations, dysury, slight cedema of the joints, particularly in 
the region of the incision; this state continues by intermis- 
sions for from four to ten days, after which the symptoms 
