175 : LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 
TRIGONELLA. Linneeus. 
yx campanulate, 5-cleft. Carina very small ; the wings and standard 
presenting the appearance of a tripetalous corolla. Pod many-seeded, 
 eylindrical, acuminate. 
TT. Fonum Greecum Linneus.—(FENUGREEK.) 
Leaflets 3, obovate, obscurely toothed ; stipules faleate, entire ; flowers 
sessile; pods netted lengthwise, with a faleate beak. 
Habitat. South of France. 
. Seeds emollient, ce 
Uses. Poultices of the flour employed in veterinary practice. 
InpiaorERA. Linncus. 
Calyx 5-cleft. Keel bent back with elasticity. Stamens diadelphous. 
_ Style filiform, smooth. Pod taper, many-seeded. Seeds truncate, 
_ _ usually separated by cellular diaphragms. 
1. I. tinctoria Linneeus.—(East Inpian [yp1¢0.) 
Leaflets in 4-5-pairs, oval, nearly smooth beneath ; racemes axillary, shorter 
_ than the leaf; pods torulose, curved, deflexed. 
Habitat. East Indies. 
Quality. Emetic, cathartic, narcotic. : ; 
Us, “Epilepsy, infantine convulsions, chorea, hysterics ; said to be an effectual cure for 
“ yaws ” in the West Indies. 
oS Prerocarpus. Linneus. 
Calya 5-toothed. Stamens 10, variously united. Pod irregular, nearly 
, _orbicular, surrounded by a wing, often varicose, I-seeded. 
1. P. santalinus Linneus.—(Rep Sanpat-woon.) 
Stamens 1 and 9; leaflets 3-5, alternate, rather round, retuse, smooth ; 
_ Yacemes axillary ; petals crenate. A tree. 
Habitat, East Indies. 
Quatity, Astringent. 
*s. A mere colouring agent. 
2 P. erinaceus Lamarck.—(Arrican K1vo TREE-) : 
“eallets alternate, elliptical, obtuse, smooth above, covered beneath with 
brown down ; pod with a short lateral point. A tree. 
Habitat, Gambia, 
fhality. Astringent, bo! 
as nic diarrhoea, pyrosis, leucorrheea ; gargles, injections. 
3. P. Marsupiuwm Roxburgh.—(Ivp1an Kino TREE-) 
Stamens Secalbiphont: - oe 5-7, alternate, elliptical, rather emar- 
_ Sinate, leathery, smooth ; branches and ealyxes smooth ; panicle ter- 
_ minal ; pod half circular, oblique, smooth. A tree. 
“ia Malabar, 
oes Astringent. 
In restraining mucous discharges. 
MyrosrermuM, Jacquin. 
alye campanulate, 5-toothed. Standard much larger than the other 
Petals. Stamens free. Pod stipitate, samaroid. : 2 
coriaceous, oval, obtuse, smooth ; pod-wing very thick on one side, 
_ Not veiny on the other. 
