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In the Concan, the plant is smoked along with black datura, 

 tobacco, and ajwan seeds as a remedy for asthma (Dymock). 



The infusion has a diaphoretic action (Surg. Barren, in 

 Watt's Dictionary). 



368. Uraria picta, Desv. h.f.b.l, ii. 155. 



Syn. : — Doodia picta, Roxb. 582. 



Vern. :— Dabra (H.) ; Sankar-jata (B.) ; Deterdane (Pb.) ; 

 Prisniparni (Mar.) ; Pitavan, pit van (Gnz.). 



Habitat : — From the Himalayas throughout India. 



An erect, little-branched, suffruticose perennial, 3-6ft. high. 

 Stems robust, finely, downy. Petiole l-2in. Leaves stipulate ; 

 upper leaves 5-9-foliate. Leaflets 4-6, rarely 9, rigidly sub- 

 coriaceous, glabrous above, reticulato-venulose, minutely pu- 

 bescent below, 4-8in. long, J-liri. broad ; lowest simple, round 

 or oblong. Flowers in dense cylindrical racemes, |-lft. long, 

 f-fin. broad. Bracts brown, scariose, deciduous, not distinctly 

 ciliated ; upper lanceolate, lower acuminate, ovate ; pedicels 

 i-fin., abruptly recurved at the tip after flowering. Corolla 

 purple, slightly exserted. Joints 3-6, glabrescent, polished, 

 often whitish. 



Use : — In Bombay, the plant is supposed to be an antidote 

 to the poison of the phursa snake (Echis Carinata) (Dymock). 



The fruit is applied to the sore mouths of children 



(Stewart). 



369. U. lagopoides, d.c, h.f.b.l, ii. 156. 



Syn. : — Doodia lagopodioides, Roxb. 581 



Sa7is. : — Prisniparni. 



Vern. :— Pitvan (H.) ; Chakulia (B.) ; Dowla, (Bomb); 

 Kolaponna (Tel.). 



Habitat : — Tropical Zone, Nepal and Bengal. 



A suffruticose perennial. Stems densely caespitose, woody, 



slender, pubescent, trailing. Petiole J-lin. Leaves 1-and 3- 



foliate, intermixed. Leaflets many, of both kinds, obtuse, 



rounded at the base, l-2in. long, glabrous above, finely downy 



