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aborigines of Lake Hindmarsh, but he does not say for what 
complaint.* 
It is also found in India, Madagascar, and Japan. The 
natives of India consider it a hot and dry medicine, useful in 
paralysis, pains in joints, and special diseases; also as a vermi- 
fuge. (Cyclop. of India.) 
Throughout the colonies. 
94. Nelumbium speciosum, Willd., (Syn. MNelumbo nuctfera, 
Gaertn.) ; N.O., Nympheacee, B.FI., i., 62. NN. nucifera in 
Muell, Cens., p. 1. 
“* Pink Water Lily.” 
The milky viscid juice of the flower-stalks and leaf-stalks is 
used in India as a remedy against sickness and diarrhoea. (End- 
licher, quoted by Bailey.) The petals of the flower are also stated 
to be astringent. It is commonly distributed in the warmer 
regions of Asia. 
Queensland. 
95. Ocimum sanctum, Zzzz., (Syn. O. anisodorum, F.v.M.; O. 
caryophyllinum, F.v.M.) ; N.O., Labiate, B.FI., v., 74. 
“© Mooda” of the aboriginals of the Cloncurry River, and “‘ Bulla-bulla” 
of those of the Mitchell. 
This plant is much cultivated in India and Ceylon, and is 
frequently used in medicine in the latter country. (Treasury of 
Botany.) Stimulant, diaphoretic and expectorant virtues are 
assigned to it by the natives. (Pharm. of India.) 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
96. Pagetia medicinalis, #.v.J7,, N.O., Rutacez, Muell. Cens., 
p.. 12. 
The oil of the leaves is supposed to be of medicinal value. 
(Bailey.) 
_ Queensland. 
* There is a figure of Centipeda (Myriogyne) Cunninghami in Mueller’s Plants Indigenous 
in Victoria. Other synonyms of C. orbicularis, beyond those given, will be found in Muell. 
Fragm., Viii., 142. 
The Baron prepared a snuff from this plant, which he exhibited at the Intercolonial 
Exhibition of Melbourne, 1886. 
