970 
INDIAN SlLDiOlNAL PLANTS. 
long, narrowly oblong acute, glabrous. Seeds r \,-gin. long 
(Duthie). 
929 . H. tentaculcitus, Nees. h.f.b.i., 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-fiu. 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 Jin. long, oblong, pointed, hairy. 
Seeds smaller than those of H. vertieillaris. 
Mr. Nairne, in his ‘ Flowering Plants of Western India ’ says* 
of this pl$nt, 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 Indica (Vol. Ill 
p. 47) say that the above-mentioned two plants “ are used 
medicinally.” They are given in fever. 
930 . Gymnostcichyum febrifuyum, Benth. h.f.b.i., 
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-Jin., glabrous or puberulous. Corolla l^in., upper half in- 
flated, glabrous. Anthers ovate, hairy, capsule lin. 
Use : — A decoctioD of the root is a febrifuge. 
