N. O. I.EGUMINOS.'E. 
401 
Use : — The root is used as a Litter tonic in rheumatism, 
scurvy, diabetes and pulmonary complaints. Many fanciful, 
virtues are attributed to it by the Natives ; it is believed to 
promote the growth of a foetus in utero, the development of 
which has been arrested (S. Arjunh 
The root is also used as an alterative and tonic, for the same 
purposes as Sarsaparilla, in syphilis, &c. Externally, it is 
applied to ulcers and other skin diseases. 
N. 0. LEGUMINOS/E. 
339. Crotalciria burhia, Hamilt, ii.f.b.i., it. 06. 
« 
Fern. :^Sis, sassi ; meini, pola, khippi, buta, khep, bhata, 
bui, lataia, kharsan, kauri ill a. ; Pb.) ; Drunoo (Sind.); Ghagti 
(Mar.) ; Ghaugaro (Guz.) 
Habitat : — In the sandy plains of Sind and Punjab, and the 
desert regions of Cambay. Western ltajputana and Guzerat. 
Also in Afghanistan. 
An erect, pro-cumbeht shrub. Branches numerous, slender, 
flexible and rush-like when young, stiff and rigid when old. 
Leaves simple, small and scanty. Stipules 0, linear or oblong. 
Flowers yellow, 0-12, far apart, on large raceme forming ter- 
minal, divaricate, rigid panicles. Calyx toothed, with long, 
dense, silky hairs ; teeth lanceolate, as long as Corolla, £-■§■ inch. 
Corolla yellow', scarce exserted (J. G. Bakar). Pod oblong, 
3-4 — seeded, rather longer than the Calyx. 
Use : — The branches and leaves are used as a cooling medi- 
cine (Stewart). 
340. G. prostrata, Roxb. h.f.b.i., ii. 67 ,Roxb. 548. 
Ilahitat : — Plains, from the Lfpper Ganges to Ceylon, ascen- 
ding the Himalaya to 6,000 ft.; also in Upper Burma and 
Java. 
Copiously branched herbs, with flexuous, trailing, slender 
stems, finely silky, or with yellowdsh brown hairs. Leaves 
close, simple, obovate-oblong, rather oblique ; nearly sessile, 
1-1| in. long, obtuse, pale, glaucous below, produced (cordate) 
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