a plant, Erythraeaaustralis, R. Br., N.O. Gentianeae. In New SouthWales this Australian Centaury has been found useful indysentery by Dr. Woolls.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 175:
«Native centaury . . . is useful as a tonic medicine, especiallyin diarrhoea and dysentery. The whole plant is used and ispleasantly bitter. It is common enough in grass-land, andappears to be increasing in popularity as a domestic remedy.»