162 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
The clove-shaped calyces are used, as well as the juice of the fresh 
bark, with honey, as a demulcent in coughs and colds. (Dymock.) 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
29. Cassia Absus, Zzx., N.O., Leguminose, B.F1., ii., 290. 
The seeds of this plant, which also grows in Egypt and India, 
are bitter, aromatic, and slightly mucilaginous. They are used in 
Egypt as a remedy for ophthalmia. (Treasury of Botany.) For 
this purpose the grains are reduced to fine powder, and a small 
portion, a grain or more, introduced under the eyelid. It was 
tried with success in an epidemic of purulent ophthalmia which 
visited Brussels in 1822. (Pharm. of India.) 
It is a remedy which should be used with caution. 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
30. Cassytha filiformis, Z7n., (Syn. C. guineensis, Schum.) ; 
N.O., Laurinez, B.FI., v., 311. 
© Dodder-Laurel.’”’ ‘‘ Devil’s Guts.” 
The whole plant pulverised, and mixed with dry ginger and 
butter, is used in the cleaning of inveterate ulcers in India. The 
juice of the plant, mixed with sugar, is occasionally applied to 
inflamed eyes. (Rheede.) It is used in native practice as an 
alterative in bilious affections, and for piles. (Dymock.) 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
31. Casuarina equisetifolia, Hors, (Syn. C. muricata, Roxb.) ; 
N.O., Casuarinez, B.Fl., vi., 197. 
“Forest Oak.” ‘Bull Oak.” “Swamp Oak.” ‘“ Wunna-wunna- 
rumpa” of some Queensland aboriginals. 
The bark, according to Dr. Gibson, is an excellent astringent, 
and may be used with advantage in chronic diarrhcea and 
dysentery. It is not used medicinally by the natives of India. 
The Chinese in Bombay say that it is used as an astringent in 
China. (Dymock.) Doubtless the barks of the numerous other 
Australian species possess similar properties. 
New South Wales, Queensland and Northern Australia. 
