404 
INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
344. C. medicaginea, Lamk. h.f.b.i., it. 81. 
Syn. : — C. procumbens, Roxb, 551. 
Vern. : — Gulabi (Pb.). 
Habitat : — Tropical regions of the West Himalayas and 
India. 
A diffuse, perennial, herbaceous plant, with slender, much- 
branched stems, diffuse, £-lft. long, thinly silky upwards. 
Stipules setaceous, very minute, deciduous. Leaves trifoliate. 
Leaflets j-J-in. long, retuse, emarginate, glabrous above, 
obscurely silky below. Petioles shorter than the oblanceolate 
leaflets. Racemes copious, 2-6-flowered, terminal and leaf- 
opposed. Peduncles exceeding the leaves ; bracts minute, 
linear. Coralla twice the calyx. Calyx thinly silky, campanulate, 
|in. deep ; teeth linear, exceeding the tube. Corolla yellow. 
Pod. | in. long, glabrescent, obliquely subglobose, small, 
sessile, 2-seeded. 
Use : — This plant is officinal in the Punjab. 
345. Trigonella occulta, Delile. h.f.b.i., ii 87. 
Habitat Sind, the Punjab and N.-W. Provinces. 
An annual herb, diffuse, densely caespitose, glabrous or 
sub-glabrous, with slender stems, a few inches long. Leaves 
piunately 3-foliate, toothed. Stipules dfeeply laciniate. Petioles 
exceeding the sharply-toothed, minute, oblanceolate cuneate 
leaflets. Flowers 2-4 together, in copious, sessile, axillary clus- 
ters. Calyx jin., campanulate, teeth linear-setaceous. Corolla 
slightly exserted ; petals free from the starainal-tube. Pod 
elliptical, short, turgid, scarcely exserted, glabrous, usually 
2-seeded. 
Use : — The seeds are used in dysenteric affections (Murray). 
346. T. Fcenum-gr cecum, Linn, h.f.b.i., ii. 87, 
Roxb: 588 
Sans. : — Methi. 
Arab. : — Hulbah. 
Pers. : — Shamlit. 
