K. o, portulaoe^;. 135 



N. 0. PORTULACEJE. 



118. Portulaca oleraeea, Linn, h.f.b.i., i. 246, 

 Roxb. 391. 



Sans. : — Loni, 



Vern. : — Khursa, khurfa, kurfe-ka-sag, Ionia, ranncha, 

 lunia, kurfa, munya, kulfa lunuk, nonkha, chhota-lunia, bara- 

 lunia, luniya-kulfah; Seeds — kliurfe-ke-bij (Hind.); Baraloniya, 

 munya, chhotalunia, kulfi ; Seed = tukhm-kulpha, baraloniya-bij 

 (Beng.) ; Puruni-sag (Uriya) ; Mota uric alang (Santal.) ; Luniya, 

 nunia lunak, desi-kulfali (U. P.) ; Luniya-kulfah, lunak 

 (Kumaon) ; Lonak, kulfa, luniya, kundar ; Seeds— dhamni (Pb.) ; 

 Murlai, tursbuk, warkharai (Pushtu) ; Lonak (Sind.) ; Ghol, 

 gholu, (C. P.) ; Kurfah, gol, raoti ghol (Bom.) ; Bhuigholi (Mar.) ; 

 Loni (Guz.) ; Khulfe-ki-bhaji ; Seeds =khulfe-ke-binj (Dec); 

 Parpu-kire, passelie kiray, caril-kiray, parupu, puropu-kiray, 

 caric-kiray : Seeds = parpu-kire virai, pedda-pail-kuru, boddu- 

 pavili kura, ganja-pavili-kura, batchali aku : Seeds = pappukura- 

 vittula, pedda-pavila-kura vittulu, boddu-pavili kura-vittulu, 

 (Tarn.) ; Pappu-kura, pedcla-pavili-kura, boddu-pavili-kura, 

 ganga-pavili-kura (Tel.) ; Duda gorai (Kan.) ; Korie chira 

 (Malay.) ; Kourfa kara-or, baqlatul humqa, buklut-ul-kukema, 

 khurfa. Seeds — bazrul-baqlatul humqa (Arab.) ; Cholza, khur- 

 fah, turuk, kurfah, kherefeh, turk : Seeds = tukhme-khurfa 

 (Pers.). 



Habitat : — Throughout India, in all warm climates. Found 

 in the Himalaya. An abundant weed, in cultivated grounds, 

 throughout Ceylon. 



A short annual herb, with stout, glabrous, numerous, 

 prostrate or ascending subsucculent branches, |-1 ft. Leaves 

 alternate, J-1J in., rounded-truncate, crowded beneath the 

 branches, oblong spathulate, very obtuse, thick pale and 

 glistening beneath. Petiole very short. No stipular append- 

 ages. Infloresence of few-flowered terminal heads, either solitary 

 or in dichotomous cymes. Flowers sessile, inconspicuous, with 

 a few ovate, pointed, scarious scales. Petals 4-5, yellow, about 



