N. 0. VI0LACE.E. 115 



A small herb. Stem short, glabrous 1-6 in., slightly 

 powdery; diffuse-branched. Leaves elliptic-ovate or lanceolate, 

 acute, obscurely crenate, -£-■§• in., apiculate ; petioles as long ; 

 spitules leafy fimbriate, Peduncles slender, bracts subulate. 

 Flowers small, axillary, \ in. diam. Sepals lanceolate, 

 aristate. Spur very short, secreting honey within it. Style 

 clavate, compressed ; stigma lateral of two oblong parallel 

 discs. Fruit \~\ in., elliptic, acute. 



Use : — This plant is used medicinally in Sind, in the same 

 wajvas V. oclorata. 



102. lonidium saffriiticosum, Ging, h.f.b.l, 



i. 185. 



Syn. : — Viola suffruticosa and V. enneasperma, Roxb. 218. 



Sans. :-~ Charati (Ainslie). 



Vern. :— Ratanpuras (H. and Bomb.) ; Noonbora (B.) ; 

 Suryakaiti ; nilakobari ; Pooroosharatanum (Tel.) ; Orilaihamaray, 

 (Tarn.) ; Oorelatamara (Malayal.) ; Tandi, Sol ; bir Surajmukhi 

 (Santal.). 



Habitat : — From Bundelkhund and Agra to Bengal and 

 Ceylon. 



A glabrous or pubescent, very variable perennial herb, 

 6-12 in., branches diffuse, woody. Leaves linear or lanceolate, 

 serrate-toothed, sub-sessile, J-2 by ^-J in., lower leaves 

 broader. Stipules subulate, gland-tipped. Flowers solitary 

 axillary, red. Pedicels shorter than the leaves. Sepals 

 5, subequal, not produced at the base. Petals variable, 4, 

 oblong, acute or mucronate, the 5th with a claw and large 

 oval or orbicular limb. Filaments distinct, bearing the 

 anthers low down. Anthers free, 2 or 4 of them gibbous or 

 spurred at the back, the two interior ones usually having a nec- 

 tarial gland at the base. Ovary ovoid. Style clavate, incurved. 

 Stigma oblique. Capsule 3-valved, sub-globose, few-seeded, 

 valves, not elastic. Seeds globose, striate, testa crustaceous. 



Parts used : — The leaves, stalks and root. 



