Southern Utonian | 1887-08-05 | Page 3 | A Plant's Peculiar Property

A plants peculiar property the leaves ot of a climbing plant in india sylvestre sylvest rc have lately been discovered to possess the peculiar property of 0 destroy destroying in the t angues power to appreciate sweets and ami bitters causing quinine and sugar to taste like lika chalk ond and sand band the taste of pungent and saline substances astringents astrin gents and acids is not affected the taste ot of the leaves themselves is astringent and slightly acid and their effect lasts for an hour or two after they have been chewed in experiments peri ments in italy it has been shown that various drugs affect what seems to bo be different sets of taste nerves but this plant appears to give more remarkable results than cocaine morphia or other substances tried boston transcript