N. 0. LEQUMINOSiE. 
421 
Habitat : — West Himalayas, Temperate Zone, Simla, 
Kumaon and Garwhal. 
Low shrubs, with basifixed hairs. Main stems not produced ; 
branchlets, with densely crowded nodes. Tufts densely con- 
gested, armed with the' very crowded leaf-rachises which are 
lj-3in. long Stipules fin., lanceolate, adnate only at the very 
base ; leaflets 21-31 mostly crowded, obovate oblong, T yfin. 
long ; thick in texture, dull green, clothed with silky hairs. 
Pedicels T y|in. ; bracts linear, exceeding the pedicels. Flowers 
1-2 together in leaf axils, usually not peduncled. Calyx gibbous, 
fin., thinly silky ; teeth linear setaceous, half as long as the 
tube. Corolla fin , yellow ; standard exceeding wings and 
keel ; stigma naked. Pods sessile, oblong, turgid, bilocular, 
12-14-seeded, clothed with fine grey silky hairs. 
Use : — The seeds are given for colic, and also for leprosy 
(Stewart). 
366. Tavernierea nummularia, D.C., Tf. F. B. i.* 
ii. 140. 
Vcrn. : — Jetimad (Sindhi, Bombay.). 
Habitat Plains of Sind and the Punjab ; Deccan. 
A copiously-branched under-shrub, l-2ft. high, with slender, 
finely canescent, terete branches. Leaves shortly petioled, 
usually 3-foliate. Leaflets very variable in size, f-lin. long, 
obovate-oblong or nearly round, thick, pale green, thinly can- 
escent beneath, the side ones not opposite. Stipules free, 
minute, lanceolate, scariose. Racemes few or many-flowered, 
usually exceeding the leaves. Calyx f-fin., thinly silky. 
Corolla red, glabrous, f-fin. Joints of pod 1-4, roundish. 
Use:— The leaves of this plant are said to be useful in the 
form of a poultice, as an application to sloughing ulcers to 
keep them clean (Murray 123). 
367 . 
Syn. : 
574 . 
Alhagi maurorum, Desv. h.f.b.i., ii. 145 . 
— A mannifera, Desv, Hedysarum Alhagi Linn., Roxb. 
