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Stems annual, sub-erect in the typical form, l-2ft. high, copi- 
ously branched from the base, clothed with fine, long, deciduous, 
brownish, silky hairs. Stipules long, attached near the 
base ; leaflets membranous, with scattered adpressed hairs on 
both sides, 2-4in. long, roundish, acute or sub-obtuse, deltoid or 
rather rounded at the base. Flowers about half a dozen at the 
very end of short peduncles, clothed like the stems , pedicels 
very short. Calyx |-£in. ; lower tooth deltoid or lanceolate. 
Corolla -jHjin., yellow. Pod long by-g-Jin. sub-cylindrical, 
slightly recurved, 10-15-seeded. 
Use -.— The pulse is used as a diet in fever. Considered by 
the Natives cool, light and astringent, but is difficult to digest ; 
and is used to strengthen the eyes (Watt). 
Var. radiatus, Linn, h.f.b.i., ii. 203, Roxb. 557. 
Sans. : — Masha, hurita. 
Vern. : — Mash, mail (Pb.) ; Mash-kalai (B.) ; Urud, urid, 
dord, thi-kiri (El.) ; Udid (Mar.) ; Adnd, arad (Guz.) ; Patchay- 
pyre, panny-pyre (Tam.) ; Minu-mulu, karu-minu-mulu, patsa- 
pesalu (Tel.) ; Hasaru, uddu (Kan.) ; Cherupoiaar (Mai ). 
Stems elongated, twining, densely clothed, as are the 
peduncles and pod, with ferruginous, deflexed, silky hairs; leaf- 
lets membranous,' entire, rarely faintly-lobed ; lateral ones obli- 
quely ovate, pointed, terminal one rhomboid, oblong. Legumes 
smaller than those of Phaseolus Mungo, Linn. Seeds black, 
6-8in. each pod. 
Use : — The seeds are much used in medicine, both internally 
and externally, in paralysis, rheumatism and affections of the 
nervous system. Also used in fever, considered hot and tonic, 
useful in piles, affections of the liver and cough. 
The root is said to be narcotic by Royle (O’Shaughnessy), 
and prescribed by the Santals as a remedy for aching bones 
(Campbell). 
391. Vigna catiang, Endl. h.f.b.i., ii. 205. 
Syn . : — Dolichos Catiang Linn., Roxb. 560. 
Sans. : — Rajamasha. 
Fern. : — Lobiya, raish (H.) ; Barbati (B.) ; Chowlai (Mar.); 
