Common names , Pitcher plant, Sidesaddle flower, Huntsman's cup, Flytrap, etc. Preparation , Tincture of the root. Authorities. 1 , Porcher, Hale's New Remedies, 1867, p. 939, took sixty pills, 3 grains each, of fresh root, between 10 and 12 P.M., taking six or eight at a time; 1 a , same, took 140 grains at once; 2 , T. C. Duncan, took 1/2 ounce of cold infusion of dried plant; 2 a , same, took 1 ounce of decoction and 1 drachm of tincture; 3 , Thomas, took tincture of dried root for eight days, repeated doses of 10 to 25 drops; 3 a , same, took cold an infusion of dried plant in hot water, frequently repeated (two hours), doses of 15 to 75 drops, for nine days; 4 , Dr. T. Cigliano, Il. Dinamico, Naples, 1871 (translation by Dr. Lilienthal, Am. Obs., 1871, p. 467). APPENDIX: Symptoms [Most astonishing, and apparently impossible. -T. F. A.] from Houat, Nouvelles Données de Mat. Méd. Hom., etc.