N. 0. LEGUMINOS^. 429 



Habitat : — From the Himalayas throughout India. 



A slender imder-shrub. Stem 2-3ft high, suberect, woody, 

 slightly angular, clothed with short grey down upwards. Leaves 

 imparipinnate ; petiole f-lgin. Leaflets oblong, ovate to narrow- 

 lanceolate, membranous, 3-6in. long, acuminate glabrous above, 

 more or less pubescent beneath. Secondary nerves 8-10 pair. 

 Racemes slender 6-12in. long, axillary, mostly terminal, pedicels 

 ascending. Flowers white, t^in. long, jointed ; J-f by j 5 in. Calyx 

 under x 5 in., finely downy, teeth lanceolate. Corolla |-jin. 

 Pod falcate, 6-8-jointed, |-§ by t^in., glabrescent or clothed 

 with miuute hooked hairs. 



Use : — By Hindu writers it is regarded as a febrifuge and 

 anti-catarrhal. It forms an ingredient of the Dasamula Kwatha 

 or decoction of ten herbals ; this decoction is used in remittent 

 fever, puerperal fever, inflammatory affections within the chest, 

 affections of the brain, and many other diseases supposed to 

 be caused by the derangement of all the humors (Dutt). 



375- D. polycarpum, B.C., h.f.b.l, ii. 171. 



Syn. : — Hedysarum purpureum, Roxb., 578. 



Vern. : — Baephol (Santal.). 



Habitat: — Himalayas, and everywhere in the plains. 



An erect or sub-erect undershrub, with woody, slightly angu- 

 lar, slender branches, clothed upwards, with short adpressed 

 grey hairs. Petiole J-lin. Leaves imparipinnate. Leaflets sub- 

 coriaceous, green, glabrous above, thinly clothed, with adpressed 

 grey hairs beneath ; end one obovate-oblong, obtuse, l-3in. long; 

 side ones smaller. Racemes terminal and lateral, close, short- 

 peduncled, l-3in. long, the end one sometimes branched; 

 bracts |-^in. ; pedicels |-|-in. ; glabrous. Calyx J*in. ; teeth 

 acuminate, exceeding tube. Corolla under lin. Pod 



m. 



long, \ in broad, glabrescent or minutely downy, 5-8-jointed 

 (J. G. Baker). 



Use : — The Santals use a preparation of this plant in faint- 

 ing and convulsions (Revd. A. Campbell). 



376. D. triflorum, B.C., h.f.b.l, ii. 173. 



Syn. :— Hedysarum triflorum, Linn., Roxb. 577. 



