N. 0. LEGUMINOS^. 407 



A biennial herb. Stem much taller than that of M. parviflora, 

 Desf. Stipules linear, acuminate. Leaves, with toothed pin- 

 nately 3-foliate leaflets. Leaflets obovate or oblanceolate, retuse 

 or emarginate. Racemes denser and not quite so long as M. 

 parviflora. Calyx J^in. Corolla linear, yellow, odorous, usually 

 three times as long as Calyx. Standard the same length as the 

 wings and keel. Pod distinctly stipitate, hairy, T ^in. long, 

 1-2-seeded ; not obtuse. 



C7se:— Saidto possess styptic properties, also employed in 

 bruises (Watt.). 



349. Cyamopsis psoralioides, D.C, h. f. b. i., 

 ii. 92. 



Syn. : — Dolichos fabaeformis, Willd., Roxb. 564. 

 Vern. : — Gowar (H.) ; Kauri, phaliguar (Pb.) ; gawar or 

 Godi bavachi (Bomb.) ; Bum raher (Santal). 



Habitat : — Plains from the Himalaya to the Western Penin- 

 sula. Cultivated in Bombay, Surat, Ahmedabad, Deccan. 



A robust, erect annual, 2-3 ft. high, clothed with adpressed 

 grey hairs attached by the middle. Leaves 3-foliate. Leaflets 

 li-3 by i~2in., elliptic, acute, sharply dentate (the teeth 

 generally ending in a weak spine, clothed on both sides with 

 adpressed medifixed hairs, base acute ; main nerves prominent. 

 Petiolules of the lateral leaflets 1/8 in., those of the terminal 

 ones 1/4-J-in. long. Petioles 1-1J in. long, sparsely hairy. Stipules 

 l/4-3/8in. long, linear setaceous, subulate persistent. Flowers 

 small, 6-30in. copious, close, short-peduncled, axillary, close 

 racemes ; pedicels short, hairy ; bracts linear-subulate, persistent, 

 3/16 in. long. Calyx hairy outside, 1-1/4 in. long to the ex- 

 tremity of the longest tooth ; teeth very unequal, the lowest two 

 the longest linear-subulate, the upper 3 shorter, triangular, acute. 

 Coralla slightly longer than the Calyx ; standard slightly orbi- 

 cular. Anthers uniform, apiculate. Ovary sessile ; many-ovulate ; 

 style incurved at apex ; stigma capitate. Pod thick, fleshy, 

 straight, sub-tetragonal, l^-2in. long, slightly pubescent. Seeds 

 5-6, square, slightly compressed. 



