N. 0. LEGDMINOSiE. 
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pubescent, oblong, \in. long, globose 1-2-seeded, (1-seeded, says 
J. G. Baker). 
Use: — The seeds are employed as a nutritive tonic. 
352. I. enneaphylla, Linn., h.f.b.i., ii. 94, 
Roxb. 584. 
Sans. : — Vasuka. 
Vern. : — Cheppoo-neringie (Tam.); Cherragaddaun (Tel.); 
Bbiuguli (Mar.) ; Kenneggilu (Kan.) ; Ckeru-pullate (Mai.). 
Habitat : — From the llimalayas throughout the plains of 
India. 
A thinly, silvery-hoary annual or biennial. Steins densely 
caespitose, l-l^ft., trailing, much-branched; leaves nearly sessile, 
7-1 1-fcliate, J-lain. long. .Leaflets firm, oblauceolate, alternate; 
stipules minute, setaceous. Heads 12-20- llowered, dense, short 
peduncled or sessile. Calyx ^ 3 -fin., hoary ; teeth long, seta- 
ceous. Corolla slightly exserted. Pod oblong, 2-seeded, i-iin. 
long, cylindric, thinly hoary. 
Use: — The juice of this plant is used as an antiscorbutic, 
alterative and diuretic ; and is considered alterative in old 
venereal affections (Ainslie). 
353. I. aspalathoides, Vahl., h.f.b.i., ii. 94. 
Syn. I. aspalathifolia, Roxb. 582, 583. 
Vern. Shevenar-vaymboo (Tam.); Manueli (Mai.); Nil 
(Pb.); Shiva-malli (Kan.) 
Habitat : — Plains of Carnatic. 
A low undershrub, with copiously spreading, rigid, terete, 
woody branches and argenteo-canescent branchlets. Leaflet 
1-5, pale green, with a few obscure adpressed hairs, oblanceo- 
late, T Vi in- long, often complicate. Pedicels erecto-patent, 
in., almost as long as the leaf, much shorter than the pod. 
Calyx scarcely in. ; teeth long, linear. Corolla red, §in. 
Pod straight, glabrous, turgid, |-| in. long. 6-8-seeded. 
Uses: — The leaves, flowers and tender shoots are said to 
be cooling and demulcent, and are employed in decoction, in 
leprosy and cancerous affections. The root is chewed as a 
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