NTJTTALl/s DEATH CAMAS AS A POISONOUS PLANT 13 
SUMMARY 
NuttalTs death camas (Zygadenus nuttaUii) has not been recognized 
hitherto as a stock-poisoning plant. It appears that it has occasioned 
considerable losses of cattle in parts of Oklahoma, and probably it 
is the cause of many unexplained cases of sickness and death in the 
region where it is found. 
The symptoms of sickness are like those produced by other species 
of death camas. 
It is even more poisonous than the western species which have been 
the subject of studv. 
There are no effective medicinal remedies, but losses may be 
lessened by keeping animals, so far as possible, from the plant, and 
giving proper attention to sick animals. 
