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called rna.yla; besides its Tamool name already
given, it is onen called triviat-putrum. The leaves,
which are much smaller than those of most other of
the Bauhinias, are cordate, lobes semiorbiculate, tomentose,
and clasp together during the night; the
flowers have a greenish calyx, and a bell-shaped yellowish-white
corolla.
The present article grows in the botanical garden
of Calcutta, introduced by W. Hamilton, Esq. Thirteen
other species, all of Eastern countries, were in
that garden in 1814.
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CAAT KOLINGIE f];fTLG,f];rr(J\S"ejEF' (Tam.)
or Kblungie (Tam.) also Koollu ka'r,Jaylie (Tam.)
Vaympalie(Tel.) Gampila (Cyng.) Poonkhie (Sans.)
Purple Galega.
GALEGA PURPUREA (Lin.).
CI. and Ord. Diadelphia Decandria. Nat. Ord.
Papilionacere. Rothe Geisraute (Nom. Triv. Willd.).
A decoction of the bitter root of this galega the
Vytians prescribe in cases of dyspepsia, lientery, and
tympanitis; it is a low-growing plant, with an herbaceous
and somewhat angular stalk, seldom more
than three feet high; the pinnated leaves have eight
or nine pairs of oblong smooth leaflets; the flowers
are small, purple, in a loose spike, and are succeeded
by slender, erect legumes, each about an inch and a
half in length. .
The essential character is thus given by Willdenow:
"Cal. dentibus subulatis, subreqJlalibus; le-
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