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1, Psoralea corylifolia, Lmn. Sp. PL (]7o3) p. 7G4. An erect 

 annual 2— i ft. high ; stem and branches grooved, studded with con- 

 spicuous glands and with a few appressed and spreading white hairs. 

 Leaves simple, 1^-3 by 1-2 in., broadly elliptic, inciso-dentate, rounded 

 and mucronate at the apex, sparingly clothed with white hairs on both 

 surfaces, closely nigro-piinctate, base cuneate, rarely rounded ; main 

 nerves 5, springing from the base, and 4-G pairs of lateral nerves higher 

 lip from the midrib ; petioles -^-1 in. long, hairy and gland-dotted ; 

 stipules lanceolate, persistent. Flowers close, in dense axillary solitary 

 10-30-flowered racemes ; peduncles 1-2 in. long, hairy ; pedicels very 

 short. Calyx g-^ in. long, hairy outside ; the upper teeth linear- 

 lanceolate, the lower ovate, twice as long as the upper. Corolla bluish- 

 purple, nearly twice as long as the calyx ; standard orbicular, 1 in. long, 

 clawed, glabrous. Pods i in. long, ovoid-oblong, somewhat compressed, 

 closely pitted, mucronate, black, glabrous. Seed 1, smooth, adhering to 

 the pericarp. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 103 ; Grab. Cat. p. 40 ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. GO ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 28 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (lS97)p. 422 ; Waff, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. G, part 1, p. 353.— Flowers : 

 Aug.-Dec. Vern. Bdvchi. 



A common weed in waste places. Tvonkan : Sfocksl Deccan: ^ asik, Woodrom'., 

 Vadelarl; Kolhapur, Cooke \ S. M. Countkv: Belgaum, RiUhie, 103'J! — Disteib. 

 Throughout India ; Ceylon. 



The seeds have some repute in native medicine as a remedy for certain skin diseases. 

 A preparation made therefrom is stated to be valuable for restoring the hair in the 

 case of broken knees in horses, and its use for this ]3ur]_)ose is ad vocal ed in the agri- 

 cultural publication ' Farm and Home ' of April 8th, 18UU, recipe no. 2777. 



2. Psoralea plicata, Delile, Fl.cVEgypte (1812) p. 252, t. 37, fig. 3. 

 A low much-branched underahrub 1-2 ft. high ; stems whitish, terete, 

 striate, glabrous or nearly so, sparingly gland-dotted. Leaves 3-folio- 

 late ; petioles Y^-h in. long ; stipules linear-oblong, acute, nerved. 

 Leaflets oblauceolate (the lateral |-| by ^-^V in-5 the terminal -i--^- by 

 \—Y-^ in.), rounded at the apex, apiculate or not, both surfaces clothed 

 Avith closely appressed hairs, gland-dotted on the lower, but not on the 

 upper surface, the njargins irregularly sinuate or subserrate, base acute ; 

 petiolules of the lateral leaflets O-g^, those of the terminal ones reach- 

 ing yV "1- l<J"g' Flowers solitary or in fascicles of 2 or 3 along a 

 striate axillary rbachis 2-4 in. long ; pedicels short, deflexed ; bracts 

 small, ovate, acute. Calyx accrescent in fruit, in flower ^-\ in. long, 

 silverv-hairy outside ; teeth triangular, shorter than the tube, the lowest 

 the largest. Corolla yellow, slightly exserted. Pods i in. long, ellip- 

 soid, densely hairy, completely enclosed in the accrescent persistent 

 calyx, which becomes membranous and many-nerved. ISeed 1, adherent 

 to 'the pericarp, smooth. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 103; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 6, part 1, p. 354. 



A very rare plant. Si.xn: StocJcsl, Wood row \ —DiHTmii . India (Paiijab) ; Arabia, 

 Egypt, Tropical Africa. 



IX MILLETTIA, Wight & Arn. 



Trees or shrubs, often climbing. Leaves imparipiunate ; stipules 

 small. Leaflets often stipellate. Flowers in axillary and terminal 

 racemes or panicles, often fascicled, rarely scattered along the rhachis. 

 Calyx-tube truncate, or with very short teeth. Corolla much exserted ; 



