USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF LAKIIIMPUR. 
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Distiiib. — N ative of America, cultivated in India. 
A shruh with simple leaves, liowers in racemes and very numerous carved pods. It is 
grown m cottage gardens. The pounded bark is taken internally for stomach complaints. 
83. Sesbania Pers. 
100. S. aegyptiaca Pers. F. B. I. ii, 114 ; Eng. & Prantl iii, 3, 
278; Beng, PI. 403; D. E. P. vi, 2, 543 ; Pharmacog. Ind. i, 474. 
Dibrugarh. No. 147. 
Local name. — Jintri, jayantl. 
Distrib. — T hroughout India, from, the Himalayas to Ceylon- Cos- 
mopolitan in the tropics of the Old World. 
A shrub with yellow or red flowers and long flexible pods. This plant is a common 
cottage ornament. The flowers are used in certain Pnjas. A well known medicinal plant. 
83. Aescby noniene Linn. 
101. A. indica Linn. F. B. 1. ii, 151 ; Eng. & Prantl iii, 3, 319; 
Bqng. PL 418; D. E. P. i, 126. 
TJedysarum JSeli-Tali Itoxb. FI, Ind. iii, 305. 
Dibrugarh. No. 330. 
Local name. — Skold. 
Distrib. — T hroughout India and Ceylon and Siam. Cosmopolitan 
in the tropics. 
A glabrous shrub with fine, pinnate leaves, yellowish flowers, and rough 7-9-ioiniod pods. 
The pith is the Sola used for making hats : it is also used for tinder. This plant is not 
uncommon in wet places. 
84. €icer Linn. 
102. C. arietinuin Linn. F. B. I. ii, 176; Eng. & Prantl iii, 3, 
350 ; Beng. PL 366 ; D. E. P. ii, 274. 
Dibrugarh. No. 51. 
Local name. — Ghana . “ Gram.” 
Distrib, — Extensively cultivated throughout India, especially in the 
Northern Provinces. Also in other temperate and tropical countries. 
A small vetch-like herb whose leaflets are serrate towards their ends, it is occasionally 
cultivated about Dibrugarh for fodder but it never ripens fruit. 
85c Vida Linn. 
103. V. faba Linn. F. B. I. ii, 179; Eng. & Prantl iii, 3, 351; 
Beng. PL 367 ; D. E. P. vi, 4, 234. 
Dibrugarh. No, 162. 
Local name .— Bagla . 
Distrib. — Origin unknown. Cultivated in prehistoric times. 
in Lakhimpur occasionally cultivated in cottage gardens. 
