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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
Annual weeds, with basifixed hairs. Stems slender, densely 
csespitose, trailing, Jft., densely clothed upwards, with ascending 
white hairs. Leaves distinctly petioled, l-2Jin. long ; leaflets 
mostly close, densely clothed, with long white hairs on 
both sides. 13-15, oblong-lanceolate, acute. Stipules minute. 
Heads dense, sessile, 6-10-flowered. Calyx tubular §-Jin., densely 
matted ; teeth setaceous, shorter than the tube. Corolla pale 
yellow, little exserted. Pods fin. long, turgid, linear oblong, 
densely pubescent, the cluster often spreading from the stem, 
like the spokes of a wheel from the axis. Stigma glabrous - r 
seed 10-12. 
Use: — The seeds are used medicinally, on account of their 
demulcent properties. 
364 . A. hamosus, Linn, h.f.b.i., ii. 122 , 
Vern.: — Taj-badshahi, katila, pflrtflk, parang (H.) ; 
Akhil-ul-malik (Pb.). 
Habitat : — Plains of the Punjab at Lahore and Peshawar. 
Annual weeds, with basifixed hairs. Stem hairy, i-obust, 
l-2ft. Leaves distinctly petioled, 1- Jft. long; leaflets distinctly 
stalked, pale green J-fin. long, 13-25, oblong, emarginate, 
glabrescent above or thinly matted with silvery hairs on both 
sides. Heads 0-20-flowered ; peduncles much shorter than the 
leaves, dense. Flowers small, yellow. Calyx Jin., matted with 
mixed black and white hairs, teeth subulate, as long as tube. 
Corolla half as long again as the Calyx. Pod f-lin. long, 
cylindrical quite glabrous, much recurved, nearly bilocular, 
16-18-seeded. Stigmas glabrous 
Use : — It has emollient and demulcent properties, and is 
useful in the irritation of the mucous membranes. The pods 
are oflicinal. 
Is laxative and used in nervous affections ; made into a paste 
with vinegar it is employed externally in headaches. Is said to be 
lactagogue and to be used in catarrhal affections (Dr. Emerson.) 
365 . , 4 . mnlticeps, Wall, h.f.b.i., ii. 134 . 
Vern. : — Kandiara, kdtarkanda, pisar, sarmul, kandei (Pb.) 
Tinain, diddanf (Afg.). 
