N. 0. POLYQALACE/E. 
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chronic rheumatism. It must, however, be employed with 
caution, as in certain cases it is said to act as a gastro-intestinal 
irritant, producing vomiting and purging (Watt.) 
N. 0. POLY GAL ACEiE. 
112. Polygala crotalarioides, Ham. h.f.b.i., 
i. 201. 
Fern. : — Lil Kathi (Santali). 
Habitat : — Common in Simla, in rock-erevices. Temperate 
Himalaya, from Chamba Hill to Sikkim, Kliasia Mts. 
A perennial, densely hairy herb. Rootstock woody, often 
tuberous. Stems thick, short, decumbent. Blanches long, 
spreading. Leaves nearly sessile, ovate or oblong-ovate, 
5-2 in. Bracts sessile. Flowers purple, crowded in axillary 
racemes. Calyx ' persistent. Keel-petal crested. Capsule 
heart-3haped, fringed. Seeds hairy. Strophiole, with 2 small 
ovate appendages. 
Parts used : — The entire plant and the root. 
Use Used medicinally by the natives in catarrhal 
affections ; deserving of further attention. (Ph. Ind., p. 29.) 
Royle states that the plant was sent to him with the infor- 
mation that the root was employed as a cure for snake-bite 
by the hill people of the Himalaya. This fact is of interest, 
since P. Senega is similarly used in South America (Watt.) 
113. P. ehinensis, Linn, h.f.b.i., i. 204. 
Syn. : — P. arvensis, Willd ; Roxb. 531. 
Fern. : — Meradu or Miragu (H.) ; Gaighura (Santal.) ; Negli 
(Mar.) Pili Bhoysana (Guj. and Porebunder). 
Habitat: — Throughout India, from the Punjab to Pegu, 
and in the Western Peninsula. In Porebundar State (Barda. 
Mt.) 
An annual herb, most variable, usually procumbent, 
leafy, rather stout, 3-10 in. high, glabrous or pubescent. 
