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Aii annual herbaceous, softly tomentose plant. Leaves orbi- 

 cular-cordate with a long point, 3-4in. Petiole Sin. Peduncles lin , 

 solitary, axillary. Sepals free nearly to the base, ovate, acute. 

 Petals yellow, hardly exceeding the sepals. Staminal tube very 

 short. Carpels 15-20, much exceeding the sepals, oblong, trun- 

 cate hispidulous or pubescent, with two long horizontal spreading 

 ciliolate awns. 



Use : — Its leaves, seeds and roots are put to the same use 

 as those of A. indicum. 



158. Urena lobata, Linn, h.f.b.l, i. 329. 

 Roxb. 519. 



Verm : — Bun-ochra (B.) ; Bhidi janelet (SantaL) ; Bachita 

 (N.-W.P.) ; Vana-bhenda, Ran-tupkada ; Wagclau Bhendi 

 (Marathi) ; Villiak (Konkan). 



Brachta, Bachit, Bachita (Hindi) ; (Sinhalese) Valta Epala. 



Habitat : — Generally distributed over the hotter parts of 

 India. Waste open ground, Ceylon. 



A very variable, herbaceous plant, more or less hairy. 

 Leaves about 1-2 by 2-3 in., cordate 5-7-lobed, acute or 

 obtuse ; nerves 5-7, prominent on the under surface, the three 

 central, or the midrib only, provided with a gland on the under 

 surface; petiole usually shoiter than the blade. Bracteoles 

 oblong-lanceolate, equalling the Calyx. Flowers bright pink, 

 darker • in the centre, clustered. Carpels densely pubescent, 

 echinate. Capsules barbed. 



Use : — In Chutia Nagpur, the root is employed as an 

 external remedy for rheumatism. (Revd. Campbell). 



159. U. sinuata. Linn, h.f.b.l, i. Roxb. 

 519. 



Vern.: — Lotloti, Kunjuya (H.) ; kunjia(B.); Mota bkedi- 

 janelet (Santal.) ; Beri hit (Chutia Nagpur) ; Tapkote (Bomb.) ; 

 Piliya Mankena (Tel.). 



Jayakrisna Indraji gives the following Vern. names : — 



(Porebunder and Gnjrat) Wagdau Bhindo ; (Marathi) Lichi, 



Rainkapshi; (Hindi) Kunjia, Lotaloti ; (Sinha lese) Hiwepula. 

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