BY J. H. MAIDEN. 393 



In India the plant is described as deobstruent and diuretic, 

 useful in cough and tightness of the chest, bilious febrile attacks, 

 obstructions of the liver, spleen and kidneys ; the natives recom- 

 mend it as a purifier of the blood, and for boils, pimples, &c. 

 (Dymock). 



Found also in South AustraKa, and in Queensland and in North 

 Australia. 



70. Typha angustifolia, Linn., N.O. Typhacese, B.Fl., vii., 

 159, 



A "bullrush." 



The root stock, which abounds in starch, is somewhat astringent 

 and diuretic, and is employed in Eastern Asia in dysentery, 

 gonorrhoea, and measles. 



Found in all the colonies. 



