970 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



long, narrowly oblong acute, glabrous. Seeds ^-|in. long 

 (Duthie). 



929. H. tentaeulatus, Nees. h.f.b.l, iv. 507. 



Vern. : — The same as of the last. 



Habitat : — Bombay ; Belgaum ; Malabar ; Central India. 



A slender gland.-pubescent herb. Stems 4-angular above. 

 Leaves 2-4in. long, ovate, acuminate, decurrent into the petioles ; 

 main nerves 8-10 pairs, petioles often obscure. Cladodes slender, 

 J-fin. long, densely clothed, with short hairs intermixed with 

 longer ones, the apex furnished with 2 or 3 flattened villous 

 teeth (reduced leaves). Flowers sessile amongst the cladodes ; 

 bracteoles subulate, shorter than the calyx. Calyx |-in. long ; 

 segments linear-subulate, hairy. Corolla about Jin. long, blue 

 lilac or white. Capsule ^in. long, oblong, pointed, hairy. 

 Seeds smaller than those of H. vertieillaris. 



Mr. Nairne, in his ' Flowering Plants of Western India ' says 

 of this plant, that it is " a smaller species than the last, very like 

 it, but with short petioled oval leaves, rounded at both ends, 

 a little hairy." 



Uses : — The authors of the Pharmacographia Indiea (Vol. Ill 

 p. 47) say that the above-mentioned two plants " are used 

 medicinally." They are given in fever. 



930. Gymnostachyum febrifugum, Benth. h.f.b.l, 

 iv. 508. 



Vern. : — Nelamuchchala (Kan.). 



Habitat : — S. Deccan Peninsula ; Mangalore. 



Nearly stemless. Leaves 6| by 3in., decurrent on the 

 petiole, subentire or undulate-crenulate, above lineolate nearly 

 glabrous or minutely sparsely setulose, beneath paler glabrous 

 or pubescent on the nerves. Panicles puberulous, 6-12in., in 

 appearance radical ; flowers opposite, solitary or in very small 

 few-fid. cymes ; bracts small, narrow ; bracteoles 0. Sepals 

 J-iin., glabrous or puberulous. Corolla l|in., upper half in- 

 flated, glabrous. Anthers ovate, hairy, capsule lin. 



Use : — A decoction of the root is a febrifuge. 



