420 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



Annual weeds, with basifixed hairs. Stems slender, densely 

 csespitose, trailing, Jft., densely clothed upwards,with ascending 

 white hairs. Leaves distinctly petioled, l-2Jin. long ; leaflets 

 mostly close, densely clothed, with long white hairs on 

 both sides. 13-15, oblong-lanceolate, acute. Stipules minute. 

 Heads dense, sessile, 6-10-flowered. Calyx tubular i-|in., densely 

 matted ; teeth setaceous, shorter than the tube. Corolla pale 

 yellow, little exserted. Pods fin. long, turgid, linear oblong, 

 densely pubescent, the cluster often spreading from the stem,- 

 like the spokes of a wheel from the axis. Stigma glabrous ; 

 seed 10-12. 



Use : — The seeds are used medicinally, on account of their 

 demulcent properties. 



364. A. hamosus, Linn, h.f.b.l, ii. 122. 



Vern. : — Taj-badshahi, katila, purtuk, parang (H.) ; 

 Akhil-ul-malik (Pb.). 



Habitat : — Plains of the Punjab at Lahore and Peshawar. 

 Annual weeds, with basifixed hairs. Stem hairy, robust, 

 l-2ft. Leaves distinctly petioled, \- Jft. long ; leaflets distinctly 

 stalked, pale green J-fin. long, 13-25, oblong, emarginate, 

 glabrescent above or thinly matted with silvery hairs on both 

 sides. Heads 0-20-flowered ; peduncles much shorter than the 

 leaves, dense. Flowers small, yellow. Calyx Jin., matted with 

 mixed black and white hairs, teeth subulate, as long as tube. 

 Corolla half as long again as the Calyx. Pod i-lin. long, 

 cylindrical quite glabrous, much recurved, nearly bilocular, 

 16-18-seeded. Stigmas glabrous. 



Use : — It has emollient and demulcent properties, and is 

 useful in the irritation of the mucous membranes. The pods 

 are officinal. 



Is laxative and used in nervous affections ; made into a paste 

 with vinegar it is employed externally in headaches. Is said to be 

 lactagogue and to be used in catarrhal affections (Dr. Emerson.) 



365. A. multiceps, Wall, h.f.b.l, ii. 134. 



Vern. : — Kandiara, katarkanda, pisar, sarmul, kandei (Pb.) 

 Tinain, diddani (Afg.). 



