Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1904 — “The Devil’s Leaf.” [ARTICLE]

“The Devil’s Leaf.”

At Timor, near the island of Java, a plant is found, the leaf of which being of a thorny nature possesses a fatal sting when penetrating the flesh. The victim, If not fatally poisoned, frequently suffers protracted Illness. The plant Is well called “devil’s leaf.”