234 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS 



The herb possesses the astringent properties of the genus to 

 a marked degree. 



Duthie states, that in the villages of Jumnotri it is employed 

 as a cure for toothache. (Watt.) 



210 G. nepalense, Sweet, h.f.b.l, i. 430. 



Vern : — Rowil ; bhanda fPb. and H). The root is called 

 chaud (Pb). 



Habitat :- Throughout the Temperate Himalayas, the Khasia, 

 Nilghiri and Pulney Mountains. 



A slender, diffuse and much-branched hairy or villous, 

 glandular herb. Branches sometimes rooting, more or less 

 clothed with spreading or reflexed hairs. Leaves lj-2^in. diam., 

 opposite, spreading, 5-gonal, deeply 3-5-lobed or-partite, upper 

 sessile, segments rhomboid, incised ; stipules subulate-lanceolate. 

 Peduncles slender, 1-2- fid sometimes 1-flowered, very variable 

 in length, spreading, reflexed after flowering. Flowers i-fin. 

 diam.; pink or purple. Sepals usually silky, shortly awned, 

 almost equalling the entire petals- Carpels hairy. Seeds shin- 

 ing, smooth. 



Part used : — The whole plant. 



Use : — The plant is used in the Punjab as an astringent, and 

 in certain renal diseases. (Watt). 



211. G. Rohertianum, Linn, h.f.b.l, i. 432. 



Habitat : — Western temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to 

 Garhwal. 



A reddish erect, foetid, rather succulent annual or biennial. 

 Branches pubescent, 6-18in., brittle, leafy, numerous. Leaves 

 l-3in., broad ; triangular-oblong. 5-foliate or ternatisect 

 segments, incised or pinnatifid ; petiole long ; stipules ovate. 

 Peduncles slender. 2-flowered, pedicels spreading. Flower- 

 buds pyramidal. Flowers -§in. diam., streaked with dark and 

 light red. Petals narrow, twice as long as the sepals, claw 

 glabrous. Carpels wrinkled, keeled. Fruit |-lin.; beak of 

 carpels separating upwards from the axis and attached to its 

 apex by silky hairs. Seeds punctulate. 



Part used : — The whole plant. 



