70 VEBBENACE^. 



glotose. Roots about as thick as a crowquill with numerous 

 almost globular woody knots. 



Chemical composUion.—^The constituents of this root resemble 



brown 



ifolia. An 



and traces of an alkaloid are the most important. There is a 

 quantity of starch in the root, and an entire absence of 

 astringency. 



Premna tomentosa, Willd., Wight Ic, t. ■ 1468, 



Naguru- cliettu ( Tel.), Pedanganeree, Kollay-cottaynellay {Tarn.), 

 is used medicinally in Soutliern India. Dr. P. S. Mootooswamy 

 states tliat tlie leaves are diuretic, and are given internally and 

 applied externally in dropsy. An infusion of 10 draclims of 

 the leaves and 2 draclims of coriander in ten ounces of boiling 

 water has heen used by him with advantage in acute dropsies. 



Dr. Mootooswamy has seen the natives using the leaves soaked 

 in goat's urine or in onion juice for dropsy ; sometimes chebulic 

 myrobalans are added if the bowels are costive. 



GMELINA ARBOREA, Li 



inn. 



'Pig.—Ttoxh, Cor, PL m., t 246 ; Wight Ic, t. 1470 ; BeU 



Fl. Sylv., t. 253 ; Hheede, Sort. Mai 



Hab. 



The root and fruit 



W. Himalaya 



Vernacular. —Kumhhivi, Gumh^r, She van {Hind.), Gamari 

 [Beng.), Shivani, Shevana {Mar.\ Shivannigida {Can), Gumadi 



{Tarn.), Gumar-tek, Peddagomru {Tel), Kumbulu {Mai), 

 bhewan {Guz.). 



History, Uses, &c. 



this 



Ghambh^ 



The 



stomachic 



fever, mdigestion, anasarca, &c. It is an ingredient of the Dasa- 

 mu a, or ten roots," and is therefore much used in a variety 

 of diseases. Bangasena saya that Gambhari root taken with 



