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indian Medicinal plants. 
The herb possesses the astringent^ properties of the genus to 
a marked degree. 
Dutkie states, that in the villages of Jumnotri it is employed 
as a cure for toothache. (Wait.) 
210 G. nepalense, Sweet, h.f.b.i., i. 430 . 
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Vern : — Rowil ; bhanda (Pb. 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 £~fiu. 
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. Roberticinum, Linn, h.f.b.i., i. 432 . 
Habitat : — Western temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to 
Garhwal. 
A reddish erect, foetid, rather succulent annual or biennial. 
Branches pubescent, 6-1 8in., 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 f-lin.; beak of 
carpels separating upwards from the axis and attached to its 
apex by silky hairs. Seeds punctulate. 
Part used : — The whole plant. 
