200 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
101. Polanisia viscosa, DC., (Syn. P. tcosandra, Linn.; Cleome 
flava, Banks; C. viscosa, Linn.); N.O., Capparidez, B.FI., i., 
go. Cleome viscosa in Muell. Cens., p. 4. 
Used by the aboriginals to relieve headache. (Mr. H. W. 
Stone, quoted by Mr. Bailey.) It is also used in Cochin China as 
a counter-irritant, in the same way as sinapisms in Europe, and 
also as a vesicant ; and in the United States the roots are said to 
be used as a vermifuge. In India the leaves boiled in ghee are 
applied to recent wounds, and the juice to ulcers. ‘The seeds are 
occasionally given in fevers and diarrhcea. (Ainslie. Lindley.) 
South Australia, New South Wales to Northern Australia; 
Western Australia, 
102. Pongamia glabra, Vent., N.O., Leguminose, B.FI., ii., 273. 
“Indian Beech.” 
This tree also grows in tropical Asia and Fiji. In India an 
oil (called Poonga oil) is extracted from the seeds for use as an 
illuminant, and as an application in scabies, herpes, and other 
cutaneous diseases. The oil is also much used as an embrocation 
in rheumatism. A poultice of the leaves is a popular application 
in India to foul ulcers. The plant is used medicinally in various 
ways, and for various purposes, by the people of India. (Dymock.) 
Dr. Bancroft (Proc. R.S., N.S.W., 1886, p. 70) points out 
that all parts of this plant contain a principle of great activity as 
an emetic. Frogs poisoned with extract of the bark vomit for 
several hours, after which they become torpid, and generally die 
within forty hours. 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
103. Portulaca oleracea, Zzzz., N.O., Portulacacee, B.FI., i., 
169. 
‘Common Pig-weed,” or ‘‘ Purslane.” ‘‘ Thukouro” of the aboriginals 
of the Cloncurry River, North Queensland. 
This plant is a native of most warm parts of the world. It 
has been cultivated from very ancient times, and possesses anti- 
scorbutic properties. The young shoots are sometimes put in 
