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A biennial herb. Stem much taller than that of M. parviflora, 
Desf. Stipules linear, acuminate. Leaves, with toothed pin- 
nately 3-foIiate leaflets. Leaflets obovate or oblanceolate, retuse 
or emarginate. Racemes denser and not quite so long as M. 
parviflora. Calyx j^in. Corolla linear, yellow, odorous, usually 
three times as long as Calyx. Standard the same length as the 
wings and keel. Pod distinctly stipitate, hairy, T ’ B in. long, 
1-2-seeded ; not obtuse. 
Use:— Said to possess styptic properties, also employed in 
bruises (Watt.). 
349 . Cyamopsis psoralioides , D.C., H. f. b. i., 
ii . 92 . 
Syn. : — Dolichos fabceformis, Willd., Roxb. 564. 
Vern.: — Govvar (H.) ; Kauri, phaliguar (Pb.) ; gawar or 
Godi bavachi (Bomb. ) ; Burn raher (Santal). 
Habitat Plains from the Himalaya to the Western Penin- 
sula. Cultivated in Bombay, Surat, Ahmedabad, Deccan. 
A robust, erect anuual, 2-3 ft. high, clothed with adpressed 
grey hairs attached by the middle. Leaves 3-foliate. Leaflets 
lj-3 by |-2in., elliptic, acute, sharply dentate (the teeth 
generally ending in a weak spine, clothed on both sides with 
adpressed medifixed hairs, base acute ; main nerves prominent. 
Petiolules of the lateral leaflets 1/8 in., those of the terminal 
ones 1/4-^in. long. Petioles 1-lj in. long, sparsely hairy. Stipules 
l/4-3/8in. long, linear setaceous, subulate persistent. Flowers 
small, 6-30in. copious, close, short-peduncled, axillary, close 
racemes ; pedicels short, hairy ; bracts linear-subulate, persistent, 
3/16 in. long. Calyx hairy outside, 1-1/4 in. long to the ex- 
tremity of the longest tooth ; teeth very unequal, the lowest two 
the longest linear-subulate, the upper 3 shorter, triangular, acute. 
Coralla slightly longer than the Calyx ; standard slightly orbi- 
cular. Anthers uniform, apiculate. Ovary sessile ; many-ovulate ; 
style incurved at apex ; stigma capitate. Pod thick, fleshy, 
straight, sub-tetragonal, l|-2in. long, slightly pubescent. Seeds 
5-6, square, slightly compressed. 
