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D capitatum, DC. loc. cit. ; D angulatum, DC. loc. cit. ; Hedy- 

 sarum purpureuin, Koxb. Fl Ind. iii, 228. 



7. Reniforme, DC. Prod. 2, 327. — Procumbent, diffuse ; 

 branches filiform ; leaves simple-petioled, roundish reniform, glab- 

 rous on both sides ; flowers axillary and solitary, or in terminal 

 racemes ; legumes 5 to 6-jointed, even on one side, notched on 

 the other. Common in subalpine jungles. Syn. Hedysarum 

 reniforme, Linn. sp. PI 1051. 



8. Triflortim, DC. Prod. 2. — Procumbent; leaves trifoliolate ; 

 leaflets orbicular obovate or obcordate ; peduncles axillary, solitary 

 or fascicled, 1 to 3-flowered ; legume hispidly pubescent, 3 to 6- 

 jointed, even on one side, notched to the middle on the other. 

 Very common. Syn. Hedysarum triflorum, Linn. sp. PI 1057; 

 D heterophyllum, DC. Prod. 2, 334; H reptans, Roxb. Fl 

 Ind. iii, 354; Sagotia triflora, Derch. and Walp, Linn, xxiii, 738. 



8. ALHAGI, Tourn. 



1 . Maurorum, Lour. DC. Prod. 3, 352. — A small shrub ; 

 leaves obovate oblong, glabrous ; peduncles axillary ; spinescent ; 

 flowers few, reddish, in racemes on the peduncles ; legume stalked, 

 terete, few-seeded, contracted here and there irregularly. In 

 Guzerat, very common ; Southern M aratha Country, Law ; Deccan, 

 rare. The camel thoin ; much in use as a material for tatties in the 

 hot weather. 



9. TAVERNIERA. 



1. CuNEiFOLiA. — A shrub 2 to 3 feet high, branched from the 

 base, twiggy, glaucous ; leaves simple and trifoliolate, oval or 

 obovate, smooth, dotted on the upper surface ; flowers on short 

 racemes ; axillary 3 to 5 together, pink ; legume notched on both 

 sides, 2-seeded, covered with soft bristles. Near Gogo, in Kattywar ; 

 plentiful ; Deccan, waste places. Syn. Hedysarum gibsonii, 

 Graham, in Cat. Bomb PI. The root is sweet, hence the Maratha 

 name " Jetimud," which is also the name of Liquorice. 



10. PUERARIA, DC. 



1. TuBEROSA, DC. Prod. 2,240. — Root an immense tuber ; 

 stem twining ; leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets large, roundish, beneath 

 silky villous ; stipules cordate ; racemes simple and branched, as 

 long as the leaves ; flowers of a beautiful blue ; legumes very hairy, 

 linear-pointed, 2 to 6-seeded, much contracted between the seeds. 

 On Caranjah hill, and other places ; pretty common. The bruised 

 root is used as a cataplasm to reduce swelling of the joints, 

 Roxb. ; Syn. Hedysarum tuberosum, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 363. . 



