(embles this Plant very well while young, but the Leaves 
w hen full grown, are nnuch larger, and the Spike longer, 
genirally turning inwards. The Hortm Malaharicus 
leems todefcribe this in the \oth Volum^ Tab. 78. Pag. 
155. under the Nanne cf Caddari^ which the Erach- 
mam or Eramm 'tm call Cante Mogaro^ afcribing thefe Ver- 
tues to it, viz. 
That the Decoiiion takes away Swellings, abates the 
Shar pnefs of Vrine, and eafes the Stene ; mixt with the 
Oyl Sergelin it ftops pifling of Blood. The Root purges ; 
being bruifed and boy I'd in Butter, it cures a Dyfent'ery ; 
a Drink of it ftrengthens the Stomachy expels WinJ^ 
corred:s Phlegniy and breaks the Stone in the Bladder ; 
being applied to the Arm it cures /^gues ; bruifed and 
drank in Wine is good for the Gravel, provoking Vrine, 
efpecially in Hydropick Perfons ; nnixt with Lemons it 
kills TettarSy and takes away Swellings under the Chin^ 
\Sc, the Seed powdet'd and fnuft up the No(e cures the 
Head ack 
Joannes Commeltnus, in his Notes on the Hortus Ala- 
lal, takes this Plant to be the Verhena Indica Bontii 
in his Hiftor. Natural. L/^. 6. cap. 54. p. 15-0. (and I 
think not ytiproperly) therefore it may net, I hope, be 
amifs to fubjoin its Vertues with the aforegoing, viz. 
That the Natives of Java and they therafel ves having 
learnt of them, apply the Leaves of this Plant bruifed 
to Vkers in the Thighs with good Succefs; becaufe it 
dries very much, which Quality is there very beneficial, 
by reafon the Conftitution of the Air in thoft parts is 
hot and moifi^ which renders the Vkers very flubborn 
and difBcult to cure. 
They give alfo a Spoonful cf the frefli Juice of it in 
Colick Pains, Dyfenteries, and without Diftindlion in all 
affedls of the Bowels with very great Succefs being 
bruifed 
