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mend it as a purifier of the blood, and for boils, pimples, &c. 
(Dymock.) 
South Australia; New South Wales to Northern Australia. 
118. Thespesia populnea, Corr., (Syn. HAzrbiscus populneus, 
Willd.) ; N.O., Malvacee, B.FI., i., 221. 
The fruit abounds with a yellow viscid juice, which is a 
valued local application in scabies and other cutaneous diseases 
amongst the natives of Southern India, the affected parts being 
also washed daily with a decoction of the bark of the tree. 
(Pharm. of India.) 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
119. Trichodesma zeylanicum, #.2r., (Syn., Pollichia zeylanica, 
F.v.M.) ; N.O., Boraginez, B.FI., iv., 404. 2. zeylanica in 
Muell. Cens., p. 100. 
In India this, with other species, is considered diuretic, and 
one of the cures for the bites of snakes. (Bailey.) 
All the colonies except Victoria and Tasmania. 
120. Typha angustifolia, Linn., N.O., Typhacez, B.FI, vii., 159. 
r A Bull-rush.” 
The root-stock, which abounds in starch, is somewhat 
astringent and diuretic, and is employed in Eastern Asia in dysen- 
tery, gonorrhoea, and the measles. 
All the colonies. 
121. Urena lobata, Zzzz., N.O., Malvacee, B.FI., i., 206. 
This common tropical weed possesses mucilaginous properties, 
for which reason it is used medicinally in India. In Brazil a 
decoction of the root and stem is used as a remedy for windy 
colic, and the flowers as an expectorant in dry and inveterate 
coughs, according to Mr. F. M. Bailey. 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
