2 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



N.B.— It is not improbable that C. Napanlensis, D.G. and C. barbellata, 

 Edgeir, and some other species of clematis are used for the same purpose as 

 C. Nepaulensis, D.C. There is very little difference in the appearance of 

 these species, and so they are very easily mistaken one for the other. 



2. G. triloba, Heyne. h.f.br.l, i. 3. 

 Sansk. : — Laglm karni. 



Vern: — Mora vela, Morvel, Moriel, ranjai (Bomb.). 

 Habitat: — Mawal district mountains of the Deccan, and 

 W. Concan. 



An extensive climber. Leaves 1-2 in., silky small simple 

 or one- termite, entire or 1-3-toothed or lobed, elliptic-ovate or 

 cordate, 3-ii erved. Panicle many-flowered. Lower bracts leafy. 

 Flowers l§-2 in. diam., white. Sepals spreading from the base, 

 4-6, membranous, oblong, silky outside. Filaments glabrous, 

 narrow-linear, connective of anthers not produced. Petals 0. 

 Stamens many. Qarpels many, with a pendulous ovule. Fruit— 

 a head of achenes, with a long feathery style. 



Parts used : — The leaves. 



Medicinal Properties and Uses : — The juice of the leaves, 

 combined with that of the leaves of Holarrhena antidysenterica, 

 is dropped into the eye for the relief of pain in staphyloma; 

 about 2 drops being used. Vaidya Rugnathji of Junagad says 

 the whole plant is a purgative. 



It is said to be used as a remedy in leprosy, blood di- 

 seases and fever by Sanskrit authors. (S. Arjun). 



3. G. Gouriana, Roxh. h.f.br.l, i. 4. Boxb, 457. 



Vern. :— Morvel, ranjai (Bomb.), Marathi ; Belkun, Bel- 

 kangau (N. W.). 



Habitat: — In the hilly districts, from the Western Himalaya 

 to the Eastern Peninsula, Ceylon, and the Western Peninsula. 



An extensive woody climber. Stem thick, striate. Branches 

 widespread, purple, pubescent when young. Leaves pinnate 

 or bi pinnate or biternate. Petiole and rachis elongated. 

 Leaflets stalked, unequal, 2-3 $ in. long, ovate, or oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, shining above, entirely or distantly toothed, 

 cordate or rounded at base, rather coriaceous shining, wholly 



