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Habitat : — From the Himalayas throughout India. 
A slender under-shrub. Stem 2-3ft high, suberect, woody, 
slightly angular, clothed with short grey down upwards. Leaves 
imparipinnate ; petiole f-1 Jin. Leaflets oblong, ovate to narrow- 
lanceolate, membranous, 3-6in. long, acuminate glabrous above, 
more or less pubescent beneath. Secondary nerves 8-10 pair. 
Racemes slender 6-12in. long, axillary, mostly terminal, pedicels 
ascending. Flowers white, ygin. long, jointed ; by T Vm. Calyx 
under T 2 in., finely downy, teeth lanceolate. Corolla 5 -|in. 
Pod falcate, 6-8-jointed, |-§ by yfin., glabrescent or clothed 
with miuute hooked hairs. 
Use: — By Hindu writers it is regarded as a febrifuge and 
anti-catarrhal. It forms an ingredient of the Dasamula Kwatha 
or decoction 4 ten herbals ; this decoction is used in remittent 
fever, puerperal fever, inflammatory affections within the chest, 
affections of the brain, and many otlier diseases supposed to 
be caused by the derangement of all the humors (Dutt.). 
375 - D. polycarpum, D.C. y h.f.b.i., ii. 171 . 
Syii. : — Hedysarum purpureum, Roxb., 578 
Fern. : — Boephol (Santal.). 
Habitat : — Himalayas, and everywhere in the plains. 
An erect or sub-erect undershrub, with woody, slightly angu- 
lar, slender branches, clothed upwards, with short adpressed 
grey hairs. Petiole 1-lin. Leaves imparipinnate. Leaflets sub- 
coriaceous, green, glabrous above, thinlv clothed, with adpressed 
grey hairs beneath ; end one obovate-oblong, obtuse, l-3in. long; 
side ones smaller. Racemes terminal and lateral, close, short- 
peduncled, l-3in. long, the end one sometimes branched; 
bracts J-|in. ; pedicels |-g-in. ; glabrous. Calyx fin. ; teeth 
acuminate, exceeding tube. Corolla under lin. Pod f-fin. 
long, f in broad, glabrescent or minutely downy, 5-8-jointed 
(J. G. Baker). 
Use : — The Santals use a preparation of this plant in faint- 
ing and convulsions (Revd. A. Campbell). 
376 . D. triflorum, D.C., h.f.b.i., ii. 173 . 
Syn. Hedysarum triflorum, Linn., Roxb. 577. 
