SUBSTANCES REPUTED MEDICINAL. 189: 
72. Gratiola pedunculata, #.Br., and G, peruviana, Zzv7., (Syn. 
G. pubescens, R.Br.; G. latifolia, R.Br.; G. glabra, Walp.) ;. 
N.O., Scropularinez, B.FI., iv., 492-3. 
“ Brooklime.” ‘‘ Heartsease.” ‘‘Tangran” of the aboriginals of the 
Coranderrk Station, Victoria. 
A decoction of these plants is used by people in the Braid- 
wood district (New South Wales) for liver complaints with (many 
say) good results. They enter into domestic medicine for some 
complaint or other in various parts of the colonies. The latter 
plant is not endemic in Australia. 
All the colonies except Tasmania, (G. pedunculafa;) all the 
colonies, (G. peruviana.) 
73. Guilandina Bonducella, Z7xz., (Syn. Cesalpinia Bonducella,. 
Fleming); N.O., Leguminose, B.FI., ii, 276. Casalpinia 
Bonducella in Muell. Cens., p. 42. 
The seeds are called ‘‘ Molucca Beans,” or “ Bonduc Nuts,” and 
“ Nicker Nuts.” 
The kernels of the nuts are very bitter, and are said by the 
native doctors of India to be powerfully tonic. They are given in 
cases of intermittent fevers, mixed with spices in the form of 
powder. Pounded and mixed with castor-oil they are applied 
externally in hydrocele. At Amboyna the seeds are considered 
anthelmintic, and the root tonic in dyspepsia. In Cochin China 
the leaves are reckoned deobstruent and emmenagogue, and the 
root astringent. The oil from the former is used in convulsions, 
palsy, and similar complaints. In Scotland, where they are 
frequently thrown on the sea shore by the currents, they are known 
as ‘‘Molucca Beans.” (Drury.) 
Northern New South Wales, Queensland and Northern 
Australia. 
74. Hardenbergia monophylla, Benth., (Syn. H. ovata, Benth, ; 
H. cordata, Benth.; Kennedya monophylla, Vent.; 4K. 
longiracemosa, Lodd.; KX. ovata, Sims; Glycine bimaculata, 
Curt. Bot. Mag.); N.O., Leguminose, B.Fl., ii., 246. Ken- 
nedya monophylia in Muell. Cens., p. 41. 
Commonly, but wrongly, called ‘‘ Native Sarsaparilla.” 
