long, narrowly oblong acute, glabrous. Seeds 1/10-1/6in. long (Duthie).
929. H. tentaculatus, Nees. h.f.b.l, 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, ¼-¾in. 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 1/6in. long ; segments linear-subulate, hairy. Corolla about ½in. long, blue lilac or white. Capsule ⅓in. long, oblong, pointed, hairy. Seeds smaller than those of H. verticillaris.
Mr. Nairne, in his ' Flowering Plants of Western India ' says of this plant, 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. III p. 47) say that the above-mentioned two plants " are used medicinally." They are given in fever.
930. Gymnostachyum febrifugum, Benth. h.f.b.l, iv. 508.
Vern. : — Nelamuchchala (Kan.).
Habitat : — S. Deccan Peninsula ; Mangalore.
Nearly stemless. Leaves 6½ 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 ⅛-1/6in., glabrous or puberulous. Corolla l¼in., upper half inflated, glabrous. Anthers ovate, hairy, capsule lin.
Use : — A decoction of the root is a febrifuge.
