_ LEGUMINOS#-PAPILIONACEZ. 377 
which makes it prized in Java as a remedy for stings and venomous 
bites; and similarly several species of Tephrosia, Indigofera, Pha- 
seolus, Baptisia, Clitoria, &c., are prescribed as tonics in dyspepsia 
and dysentery. The infusions of Butea and Cowhage (Mucuna 
pruriens) are used for cholera in India. Other Papilionacee are 
simply emollient, e.g. Fenugreek (Fr., Fenugrec'), whose flour is used 
for poultices, like that of most seeds of Viciee and Phaseolee, and 
that of the roots of Pueraria tuberosa ;? this last is used in India in 
the topical treatment of dislocations and inflammations of the joints, 
in the same way as decoctions of Medick and Melilot. 
There are moreover very many Papilionacee, employed for most 
variable reasons, whose properties do not appear to fall under any of 
the above categories. Anthyllis Vulneraria, Hermannia‘ and montana’ 
are vulnerary; the Rest-harrows are aperient; Geofre@a furnishes 
febrifuges ; and others furnish antisyphilites like the A/cornoques, the 
barks of several American Bowdichias.’ Several Genistee and Indigo- 
jferee have been recommended in hydropathies, epilepsy, and 
other neuroses. Sesbania grandifiora’ and Ormocarpus sennoides are 
tonics, Several Psoraleas are prized in India as stomachics and 
deobstruents, The powder of Indigofera Anil is used in France, 
in the treatment of hepatics. The Baptisias are considered anti- 
septics.© The roots of Anthyllis Hermannia, and certain Brooms, 
Beans, and Rest-harrows have been prescribed in Dropsy.’ We are 
ignorant of the reasons why several species of Astragalus, Sophora, 
and Lrythrina are supposed to be efficacious in rheumatism ; why 
Lonchocarpus is used in Africa in the treatment of abdominal com- 
plaints in children ;” and why most multifarious medical virtues have 
been ascribed to Borbonia, Priestleya, Crotalaria, Spartium, Viborgia, 
Hymenocarpus, Dorycnium, Lotus, Dalea, Amorpha, Caragana, Coronilla, 
1 Trigonella Fenum grecwm L., Spec., 1402.— 
GzRtN., Fruct., t. 152, fig. 3.—DC., Prodr., ii. 
182, n. 9.—GuIB., Drog. Simpl., ed. 6, ili. 378. 
2 DC., Prodr., ii, 240, n. 1.— Hedysarum 
tuberosum Roxs, 
3 L., Spec., 1012.— Vulmeraria rustica LaMx., 
Fl, Fr., ii. 649.— V. heterophylla Mancu, Meth, 
146. (See H. By., in Dict. Hncyl. des Sc. Méd., 
vy. 305.) 
41, Spec., 1004.—Aspalathus cretica L., 
Spec., 1002.— Cytisus grecus L., Spec., 1043. 
5 L., Spec., 1012.—Lamx., JIl.,'t. 615, fig. 5. 
6 The alcornoque bark of Equinoctial America 
is that of Bowdichia virgilioides H. B. K., Nov. 
Gen. et Spec. vi. 376 (see H. By., in Dict. 
Eneyel. des Sc. Méd., x. 420). The Brazilian 
alcornoque or sebipiraguagu of Pison is pro- 
duced by B. major Maprr., which probably 
belongs to the same species (see BENTH. in Mart. 
Fl. Bras., Papil., 31). 
7 See H. Bn., in Diet. Encycl. des Sc. Méd., 
ii, 183 (AGarr). 
8 See BEngLEY, in Pharm. Journ., ser. 2, v. 
210. 
9 [An infusion of broom-tops in gin is a 
favourite “old woman’s cure” for dropsy in many 
parts of England. ] 
10 Osani (see Adansonia, vi. 320). 
