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CATA1PA SYRING^FOLIA. 
antiseptic than that of the Cinchona officinalis. It is considered to be a good 
antidote for the bite of snakes. It is stated that the honey collected from the 
flowers is poisonous, and that its effects, though less alarming, are analogous to 
those produced from the honey of the yellow jasmine (Gelsenium nitidum.) 
The flowers are extolled as being a sovereign remedy against asthma. 
