452 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



usually simple, the slender zigzag rachis densely grey-downy ; 

 bracts erecto-patent, short petioled, deeply cordate, J-lin. long, 

 obscurely cuspidate in the typical form. Calyx ^in., finely 

 pilose ; teeth lanceolate, exceeding the tube. Corolla purple, 

 little exserted. Pod oblong, turgid, i-fin. long, finely downy, 

 2-seeded (J. G-. Baker). 



Use :— The roots are used by the Santals in epilepsy (Rev. 

 A. Campbell). 



397. F. chappar, Earn., h.f.b.l, ii. 227. 



Habitat : —Eastern Himalayas, Behar, Ava. 



General habit and inflorescence just as that of Flemingia 

 strobilifera (R. Br.) Branches terete, with a thin coating of 

 adpressed hairs. Leaves nearly as broad as long, rotundo- 

 cordate, or broad cordate, acuminate, 2-4in. Sub-coriaceous, green, 

 glabrous above, minutely dewy, grey below ; petiole 1 Jin. long. 

 Recemes often panicled. Rachis more woody than in F. Strobi- 

 lifer, the pubescence shorter. Bracts firmer, less distinctly 

 veined, much broader than long. Calyx J-iin. ; teeth lanceolate, 

 as long as the tube. Corolla twice the Calyx. Pod as in 

 F. Strobilifer. 



Use : — It is used just like the preceding species. 



398. F. grahamiana, W. & A. h.f.b.l, ii. 228. 

 Habitat : — Nilghiris. 



A low, erect shrub, with tomentose young shoots. Branches 

 sub-terete. Stipules lanceolate, i-fin. Caducous ; petiole f-lin. 

 erecto-patent not winged. Leaflets obovate, obtuse or sub-acute, 

 sub-coriaceous, 2-3in. long, plicate, glabrous above, grey-silky, 

 especially on the ribs beneath many of the veinlets are raised. 

 Bracts linear erecto-patent, firm sub-persistent, iin. Spikes 

 dense, oblong, l-2in. long, often fascicled. Calyx shaggy, 

 fin., teeth plumose, linear-testaceous subequal. Corolla not 

 exserted. Pod oblong, fin. long, finely pubescent, and often 

 covered with red viscous glands. 



Use : — The source of Wars remained unknown until 1884, 

 when it was ascertained to be the glands of the pod of F. Graha- 

 miana ; but, as far as I can ascertain, the drug has never been 

 collected in India (Dymock). 



