COLUBER NAJA, or Cobra de Capella, a very deadly kind of serpent in the East Indies. The root of the lignum colubrinum (sphorrhiza) is said to have been pointed out to the Indians as an antidote against the bite of this serpent by the viverra ichneumon, a creature which fights with this serpent, and cures itself by eating of this plant when wounded. The Indians, when bit, instantly chew it, swallow the juice, and apply the macerated root to the puncture.