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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
The leaves are applied in the form of a poultice to hydrocele 
and rheumatic swellings ; also to promote absorption or sup- 
puration of boils and abscesses (T. N. Mukerji). 
In the Punjab, the seeds are applied externally, mixed with 
flour, for itching of the skin. 
In Dacca, the juice of the fresh leaves is given as an anthel- 
mintic (Taylor). 
The root, well bruised and made into a paste, is an excellent 
application for scorpion-stings (N. C. Dutt, in Watt’s Dic- 
tionary). 
364. S. aeuleata, Pers., h.f.b.i., n. 114. 
Syn. — .ZEscbynomene spiuulosa, Roxb. 570. 
V-ern. — Brihut- chakrand (H.) ; Dhanicha (B.) ; Errajilgna 
(Tam.) ; Bhuiavali, ranshevari (Mar.). 
Habitat. — From the West Himalayas throughout the plains 
of India. 
A soft-wooded, suffrutlcose, erect, herbaceous annual, reach- 
ing several feet high, the branches and leaf-rachis, with small, 
weak prickles. Leaves abruptly pinnate, reaching £-lft. long ; 
8-10 times longer than broad ; leaflets glabrous, 20-40 pair, 
linear, obtuse, mucronate ; petioles usually sprinkled with minute 
cartilaginous points (W. & A.). Racemes axillary, peduncled, 
erect, lax, often about half the length of the leaves, few-flowered. 
Flowers pretty large (more than half an inch long), on slender 
pedicels. Calyx £ in., glabrous- Corolla f-| in., pale yellow ; 
standard dotted with red. Pod 6-9in. by |in., straight or rather 
falcate, beaked with the persistent style. 
Use. — The seeds are mentioned by Baden Powell in his list 
of drugs. 
365. S. grandiflora , Pers., h.f.b.i., II. 115. 
Syn. — rEschynomene grandiflora, Linn. Roxb. 569. 
Agati grandiflora, Desv. Coronilla grandiflora,' IVilld. 
Sans. — Vaka. 
Vern. — Basna (H.) ; Bak (B.) ; Bagfal (Sunderbans) ; Agasta 
(Bomb.) ; Agati (Tam.) ; Avisi (Tel.) ; Agase (Kan.). 
