Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Lucifer

Subjects:

Botany, Monstrosities, Fear

    Describes a Nicaraguan 'vine called by the natives "the devil's snare"' which is 'as horrible as the devil fish [...] the octopus, which has hitherto been regarded as the most hateful and horrible of all created things'. The vampiric vine 'seems literally to drain the blood of any living thing which comes within its death-dealing touch'.