2. Flbmingu.] 43. PAPILIONACE&. 



6. F- congesta, Boxb. Var. semialata. Syn. P. eemia 

 lata, Jioxb. Bir-but, S, 



A shrub 4-6 ft. high somewhat resembling F. stricta, but 

 much more branched and woody with densely pubescent or 

 yillous angular branches, 3-fol. leaves with narrowly winged 

 petiole. Fls. purple ±" in densely bracteate axillary spikes, 

 bracts brown silky, scarcely acuminate caducous. 



Valleys in Singbhum, rare. Manbhum Camp. Parasnath. Fls. Oct.- 

 Jany. Ripe fr., also found in Dec. 



Petiole H-4". Lflts. elliptic acuminate 4-8V by 1H£" with red glands 

 below and very silky on the nerves. Base 3-nerved. Spikes 1-3", sessile, 

 or shortly-stalked often fascicled or sub-panicled. Bracts {''. Calyx 

 silky. Lower sepal as long as the flower. 



7. F- prostrate, Boxb. Syn. F. congesta, Var., F.B.I. 



Bir-but, 8. 



A diffuse undershrub with a woody rootstock, brown 

 tomentose angular branchlets, 3-foliolate leaves with lance- 

 olate leaflets 4£" by 1'' and fls. in dense sub-spicate axillary 

 racemes about 1" long with sub-persistent brown bracts and 

 very slender silky calyx lobes, the lowest equalling the oblong 

 podc 



Singbhum forests frequent. Manbhum, common in the dry forests 

 of the Gobindpur sub-diviaion. Fls. Aug.-Oct, Fr. Oct.-Dec, 



Petiole 1-2" not winged. Lflts. brown hairy or pubescent beneath eap. 

 on the raised nerves. Stipules linear-lanceolate £-£.'' Inflor. much as in 

 last. Pod and lower sepal H ''. Pod pubescent. 



The ground root is applied to ulcers and swellings, mainly of tho 

 neck. The fruit is eaten, and the pods are said to yield a dye. Camp. 



8. F- nana, Boxb. 



A dwarf undershrub 1 ft. high with a very short brown 

 tomentose stem springing annually from a woody roots took, 

 very large (or sometimes small) 3-foliolate leaves with long 

 winged petioles and congested racemes or panicles of small 

 reddish flowers shooting out before the leaves. 



•Forests in Singbhum, under shade or on fire-lines. Manbhum. Fls. 

 March-April. Fr. April-May. The leaves do not, howevor, appear until 

 the rains, and the/ last until the succeeding Feby. The plant leaves a 



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