400 LEGUMIN OSE. 
LEGUMINOS Zi. 
CROTALARIA JUNCEA, Linn. 
Fig.— Roab., Cor. Pl. t. 193; Bot. Mag. t. 1933; Rheede, 
Hort. Mal. ix. t. 26. 
Hab.—Throughout the plains of India. Often cultivated. 
Vernacular.—San (Hind., Beng., Guz.), Jenappa, Shanal 
(Tam.), Shanambo (Tel.), Sanvu (Can.), Tag, Sonalla (Mar.). 
History, Uses, &c.—The seeds and leaves of this plant, 
in Sanskrit Sana, are used in Hindu medicine, and are consi~ 
dered to be cooling, and to purify the blood in febrile states of the 
system accompanied by cutaneous eruptions, such as impetigo, 
psoriasis, &c. They are also said to be emmenagogue in half 
drachm doses given twice a day, and are supposed sometimes to 
have caused abortion, but this is very improbable. The 
sacred thread of the Kshatrias is directed by Manu to be made 
of Crotalaria fibre. 
C. verrucosa, Linn., Bot. Mag. t. 3084; ; Wight, Te. t. 200; 
Rheede, Hort. Mal. ix. t. 29, found tl lregions 
of India, is called in Sanskrit Sane puskoi , Dhavani, ead Vrihat- 
pushpi; it is described in the Nighantas as bitter and an expel- 
lant of bile and phlegm. This plant and several other species 
of the genus are included under the Sanskrit name of Ghanta- 
révaé and the vernacular names Jhanjhania (Hind., Beng.), 
Vatta-killu-killuppai (Tam.), Ghelegherinta (Tel.), Ghagri, 
Dingala, Khalkhtl-dingala (Mar.), in allusion to the rattling 
noise made by the seeds when the ripe pods are shaken, just 
as the generic name of the botanists is derived from the Greek 
péradov, & rattle or castanet. Rheede (Hort. Mal. iz. .p. 53) 
says that the juice of the leaves of C. verrucosa is supposed 
to diminish salivation. Ainslie, speaking of the same plant, 
says:—The slightly bitter, but not unpleasant tasted juice 
of the leaves and tender stalks is prescribed by the Tamool 
doctors, both a and externally, in cases of scabies and 
