N. 0. TILIACE.E. 
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912 G. polygama, Roxb. h.f.b.i., i. 398., Roxb. 
431. 
Syn. : — G. lancifolia, Graham, Cat Boinba}’ Plants 21. 
Vern. : — Kuknr bicha (II.) ; Seta kata, seta andir (Santal) ; 
Gowli or gowali (Bomb.) 
Habitat : — North-Western India, and along the Himalaya, 
from the Salt Range to Nepal, also Concan. Dry country, 
Ceylon. 
A shrubby plant or small tree. Branches bifarious, 
spreading ; brancldets, petioles, under side of leaves velvety. 
Leaves almost sessile, narrow beneath, distichous 3-4 by J-4 in., 
lanceolate, very acute serrate, base 3-uerved, nerves not arched, 
secondary nerves transverse, parallel. Stipules subulate. 
Peduncles 1-5, short, axillary, slender, generally fasciculate, 
about half the length of the leaves ; pedicles 2-3, divergent, 
shorter than the peduncle. Male flower : — Sepals in. diam., 
linear, longer than the oblong entire petals, \ in., blade equal 
to claw which is hairy on back. Stamens as a rule 10-12, but 
sometimes more numerous. Hermaphrodite FI. Ovary very 
hairy, stigma 5-lobed, lobes spreading, deeply cut into numerous 
segments. Drupe \ in. diam ; hairy, brownish, more or less 
2-lobed. Stones 4, i-seeded. 
Use : — This plant is used by the aborigines of North-Wes- 
tern Australia as a remedy for dysentery. Dr. W. E. Armit 
states that on one occasion, having had to treat dysentery 
following on fever and ague, this plant was pointed out to him 
by a native as a sure remedy. He collected a quantity of 
leaves, and having made a pale sherry-coloured decoction of 
the leaves, he administered about two tablespoonsful for a dose. 
Repeating this every four hours throughout the bight, the sixth 
dose made a complete cure. “ Since then,” says Mr. Armit, 
*' I have tried this remedy in scores of cases, and I have never 
known it to fail in any case, however serious. I have made 
it a rule to inform the carriers and travellers, I meet, of the 
sure cure they have always at hand in case it may be requir- 
ed, and all are unanimous in extolling lt3 truly magical 
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