N. 0. LEGUMIKOS^. 401 



Use : — The root is used as a bitter tonic in rheumatism, 

 scurvy, diabetes and pulmonary complaints. Many fanciful 

 virtues are attributed to it by the Natives ; it is believed to 

 promote the growth of a foetus in utero, the development of 

 which has been arrested (S. Arjun). 



The root is also used as an alterative and tonic, for the same 

 purposes as Sarsaparilla, in syphilis, &c. Externally, it is 

 applied to ulcers and other skin diseases. 



N. 0. LEGUMINOSiE. 



339. Crotalaria burhia, Hamilt, h.f.b.i., ii. 66. 



Vern. : — Sis, sassi, meini, pola, khippi, buta, khep, bhata, 

 bui, lataia, kharsan, kauriala (Pb.) ; Drunoo (Sind.) ; Ghagti 

 (Mar.) ; Ghangaro (Guz.) 



Habitat : — In the sandy plains of Sind and Punjab, and the 

 desert regions of Cambay. Western Rajputana and Guzerat. 

 Also in Afghanistan. 



An erect, pro-cumbent shrub. Branches numerous, slender, 

 flexible and rush-like when young, stiff and rigid when old. 

 Leaves simple, small and scanty. Stipules 0, linear or oblong. 

 Flowers yellow, 6-12, far apart, on large raceme forming ter- 

 minal, divaricate, rigid panicles. Calyx toothed, with long, 

 dense, silky hairs ; teeth lanceolate, as long as Corolla, J-f inch. 

 Corolla yellowy scarce exserted (J. G. Bakar). Pod oblong, 

 3-4 — seeded, rather longer than the Calyx. 



Use : — The branches and leaves are used as a cooling medi- 

 cine (Stewart). 



340. 0. prostrata, Boxb. h.f.b.i., ii. 67,Roxb. 548. 



Habitat : — Plains, from the Upper Ganges to Ceylon, ascen- 

 ding the Himalaya to 6,000 ft.; also in Upper Burma and 

 Java. 



Copiously branched herbs, with flexuous, trailing, slender 



stems, finely silky, or with yellowish brown hairs. Leaves 



close, simple, obovate-oblong, rather oblique ; nearly sessile, 



1-1J in. long, obtuse, pale, glaucous below, produced (cordate) 

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