222 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



197. G. faseicularis, Lam. h.f.b.l, i. 398. 

 Roxb. 429. 



Sans. : — Chunchu, Kshetra Chunchu. 



Vern. : — Hind — Khetapat, Bankosta — J. Indraji. Hiran- 

 khori, Mothi Bahuphali, Bomb.) ; Jangli or ban-pat, bil-nalita 

 (B.) ; Chhunchhadi, Ubhibahuphali, (Gujrat and Porebunder). 



Habitat: — Throughout the hotter parts of India, from 

 Banda to Bengal and the Western Peninsula, Porebunder, 



An annual ' herb, erect, ramous. Leaves oblong or 

 lanceolate, serrated ; 1-2 by |-|in. ; petioles very short, pilose. 

 Peduncles 3-5-flowered, opposite to the leaves. Flowers 

 yellow, snbsessile fascicles, sub-pentandrous. Sepals t 1 ^ in. 

 Stamens about 5 (W. and A). " 5-10 " says Max-well T. Masters 

 (H. F. B I.). Capsules linear-oblong, or cylindric, 4-6 times 

 longer than broad, nearly terete, villous, rostrate, with three 

 terminal points, 3-celled, 3-valved. Seeds numerous ; transverse 

 septa nearly obsolete. 



Use : — It is very mucilaginous and somewhat astringent, 

 and is valued as a restorative (Dymock.) 



In Bombay, a watery extract, mixed with sugar-candy, is 

 taken as a nutritive tonic. It is also given in seminal weakness 

 (S. Arjun), but with doubtful success — K. K. Kirtikar. 



198. G. antichorus, Raesch, h.f.b.l, i. 398. 



Vern. : — Bahuphalli, kurand, bophalli, bahuphalli, babuna 

 v Pb.) ; Moodheeree (Sind) ; Baphuli (H.) (J. Indraji) ^-(Pore- 

 bunder and Gujrat) Chhikni, Chhunchh ; Bethi-Bahuphali ; 

 Bahuphali. (Marathi) Bahuphali. 



Habitat : — North- West India, from Sindh and the Punjab 

 to Agra, Western Peninsula, in Kathiawar, Guzerat and the 

 Deccan. 



A perennial herb, woody 6-9 in., prostrate, much-branch- 

 ed from the base ; branches prostrate, tortuous, imbricate 

 6-7in. Leaves \-\ by i-Jin., roundish, usually wrinkled, 

 plicate, crenate-serrate, glabrous, the serratures not appendaged, 

 base rounded or cuneate ; 3-nerved. Petioles |-lin. long, very 



