Laughter-making Plant.
A plant that causes laughter grows in Arabia, and produces (says a writer) flowers of a bright yellow, wi:h seeds
that resemble- small black beans. the natives dry and pulverise them, and the powder, taken in small doses, makes the soberest person behave like a circus down or a madman, for lie will dance, sing, and laugh most boisterously, and cut the most fantastic capers, and be in an uproariously ridiculous condition for about an hour. When the excitement ceases, the exhausted exhibitor of these antics falls asleep, and when he awakes he has not the slightest remem brance of his frisky doings.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 15, 10 April 1912, Page 41
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105Laughter-making Plant. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 15, 10 April 1912, Page 41
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