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In the Concan, the plant is smoked along with black datura, 
tobacco, and aj wan seeds as a remedy for asthma (Dymock). 
The infusion has a diaphoretic action (Surg. Barren, in 
Watt’s Dictionary). 
368. Uraria picta, Desv. h.f.b.i., ii. 155. 
Syn. : — Doodia picta, Roxb. 582. 
Vern — Dabra (H.) ; Sankar-jata (B.) ; Deterdane (Pb.) \ 
Prisniparni (Mar.) ; Pitavan, pitvan (Guz.). 
Habitat : — From the Himalayas throughout India. 
An erect, little-branched, suffruticose perennial, 3-6ft. high. 
Stems robust, finely, downy. Petiole l-2in. Leaves stipulate ; 
upper leaves 5-9-foliate. Leaflets 4-6, rarely 9, rigidly sub- 
coriaceous, glabrous above, reticulato-venulose, minutely pu- 
bescent below, 4-8in. long, £-lin. broad ; lowest simple, round 
or oblong. Flowers in dense cylindrical racemes, 5 -lft. long, 
f-fin. broad. Bracts brown, scariose, deciduous, not distinctly 
ciliated ; upper lanceolate, lower acuminate, ovate ; pedicels 
£-fin., abruptly recurved at the tip after flowering. Corolla 
purple, slightly exserted. Joints 3-6, glabrescent, polishod, 
often whitish. 
Use : — In Bombay, the plant is supposed to be an antidote 
to the poison of the phfirsa snake (Echis Carinata) (Dymock). 
The fruit is applied to the sore mouths of children 
{Stewart). 
369. U. lagopoides, d.c., h.f.b.i., ii. 156. 
Syn. : — Doodia lagopodioides, Roxb. 581 
Sans. : — Prisniparni. 
Vern.: — Pitvan (H.) ; Chakulia (B.) ; Dowla. (Bomb); 
Kolaponna (Tel.). 
Habitat : — Tropical Zone, Nepal and Bengal. 
A suffruticose perennial. Stems densely crespitose, woody, 
slender, pubescent, trailing. Petiole £-lin. Leaves l-and 3- 
foliate, intermixed. Leaflets many, of both kinds, obtuse, 
rounded at the base, l- 2 in. long, glabrous above, finely downy 
