418 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



The leaves are applied in the form of a poultice to hydrocele 

 and rheumatic swellings ; also to promote absorption or sup- 

 puration of boils and abscesses (T. N. Mukerji). 



In the Punjab, the seeds are applied externally, mixed with 

 flour, for itching of the skin. 



In Dacca, the juice of the fresh leaves is given as an anthel- 

 mintic (Taylor). 



The root, well bruised and made into a paste, is an excellent 

 application for scorpion-stings (N. C. Dutt, in Watt's Dic- 

 tionary). 



364. S. aculeata, Pers., h.f.b.i., ii. 114. 



Syn. — iEschynomene spinulosa, Roxb. 570. 

 Vern. — Brihut-chakrand (H.) ; Dhanicha (B.) ; Errajilgna 

 (Tarn.) ; Bhuiavali, ranshevari (Mar.). 



Habitat. — From the West Himalayas throughout the plains 

 of India. 



A soft-wooded, suffruticose, erect, herbaceous annual, reach- 

 ing several feet high, the branches and leaf-rachis, with small, 

 weak prickles. Leaves abruptly pinnate, reaching J-Ift. long ; 

 8-10 times longer than broad ; leaflets glabrous, 20-40 pair, 

 linear, obtuse, mucronate; petioles usually sprinkled with minute 

 cartilaginous points (W. & A.). Racemes axillary, peduncled, 

 erect, lax, often about half the length of the leaves, few-flowered. 

 Flowers pretty large (more than half an inch long), on slender 

 pedicels. Calyx \ in., glabrous- Corolla f-i in., pale yellow ; 

 standard dotted with red. Pod 6-9in. by fin., straight or rather 

 falcate, beaked with the persistent style. 



Use.— -The seeds are mentioned by Baden Powell in his list 

 of drugs. 



365. S. grandiflor.a, Pers., h.f.b.i., ii. 115. 

 Syn. — zEschynomene grandiflora, Linn. Roxb. 569. 



Agati grandiflora, Desv. Coronilla grandiflora, Willd. 

 Sans. — Vaka. 



Vern.— Basna (H.) ; Bak (B.) ; Bagfal (Sunderbans) ; Agasta 

 (Bomb J ; Agati (Tarn.) ; Avisi (Tel.) ; Agase (Kan.). 



