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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
below, orbicular or oblong. Heads of flowers short, dense, 
oblong-cylindrical, always simple, 1-2, rarely 3-in. : long, under 
lin. thick ; bracts stib-persistent, distinctly ciliated. Pedicels 
densely crinate, not longer than Calyx. Calyx i-Iin. ; lower teeth 
setaceous, densely plumose. Corolla scarcely exserted. Joints 
1-2, brown polished, finely pubescent. 
Use : — This plant is an ingredient of the Dashamilla Kadhd 
(Decoction), and is thus much used in Native medicine. It is 
considered alterative, tonic, and anti-catarrhal, but is seldom 
used alone (Dutt). v 
According to Sushruta, it was given with milk to women in 
the seventh month of their pregnancy to produce abortion. 
The properties attributed to it are probably entirely 
fanciful (Pharm. Ind.) 
370. Alysicarpus longifolivs, W. & A., h.f.b.i., 
ii. 159. 
Hahitat : — Plains, scattered throughout India proper. 
Stems stout, ascending, sub-glabrous, reaching 4-5 ft. Leaf- 
lets oblong and lanceolate, 3-6 in. long, the flowers adpressed 
to the finely hairy rachis ; pedicels in. Calyx | in.; teeth 
lanceolate, 4-5 times the length of the funnel-shaped plicate 
tube. Pod 4-6-jointed, usually exserted, T J 2 in. broad, turgid 
inoniliform, marked with only a few faint raised vines. 
Use : — The roots are sweet like liquorice and are called 
liquorice by the Indian peasants, and used as a substitute for 
the same. 
371. Arachis hypcgcea, Linn, h.f.b.i., ii. 161, 
Roxb. 252. 
Vern. : — Mung-phali ; vilayeti-mung (H). ; Mat-kalai ; chini- 
badam ; bilati-mung (B.); Bhui-mung; (Sind.); Bhui-shing 
(Bom.); Bhui-mug ; bhui-chane (Mar.) ; Chini-mung ; bhui-chana 
(Guz.) ; Ver-kadalai ; nila-kadalai ; kadalaikai ; manilla-kottai 
(Tam,) ; Veru-sanagalu ; manilla-ginjalu ; nila-sanagalu (Tel.) ; 
Bhuimug. (Kan). 
Habitat : — Cultivated in many parts of India. 
