N. 0. SAPINDA0E2E. 353 



and Chittagong. Pegu and Andaman Islands. Forests near 

 Karwar. 



A shrubby evergreen, with coarse, scabrous branches and 

 petioles. Leaves hairy ; leaflets 4.-12 by 2-4 in., lanceolate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, harsh and scabrous above, 

 hairy beneath, veins arched. Cymes very short and compact, 

 2-5 in., densely hirsute. Bracts inconspicuous. Flowers large, 

 anthers connate. Fruit the size of a pea, black when ripe. 



Use : — It is used medicinally. The tubers and stems are 

 probably astringent and mucilaginous. 



N. 0. SAPINDACEiE. 



310. Cardiospermum helicacabum, Linn. 

 H.F.B.i., i. 670, Roxb. 335. 



Eng, :-— Balloon-Vine, Heart Pea or Winter Cherry. 

 Sans. : — Jyotishmati, Karavi. 



Verm. ■:— Lataphatkari, nayaphatki, noaphutki, sibjhul 

 (B.) ; Hab-ul-kal-kal (seed) (Pb.) ; Karolio (Guz.) ; Kanphuti, 

 bodha, khibjal, Naphat (Bom.); Muda-cottan (Tarn.); Walla 

 gulisienda, kanakaia, budha-kakara (Tel.); Penel-wel (Sinha- 

 lese) ; Kagdolio (Porebunder). 



Habitat : — Throughout India, chiefly in Bengal and the 

 North- Western Provinces, Ceylon, Malacca. 



A sub-scandent annual. Stem slender, strongly furrowed, 

 slightly branched, glabrous, young parts puberulous. Leaves 

 biternate. Petiole long, 2-3 in., spreading or deflexed, furrowed. 

 Leaflets sessile or shortly stalked, ovate, tapering at base, acute, 

 deeply incised-serrate, glabous, thin, flaccid. Flowers very 

 small, ^ in., on slender pedicels 3-7 in., a very small cyme, termi- 

 nating to stiff, slender, horizontal, axillary peduncle 4 in., long, 

 and provided beneath the cyme with 2 opposite reflexed, 

 circinate or hooked tendrils. Sepals rounded, the outer pair 

 very small. Petals rounded, scarcely clawed ; scales of upper 

 ones emarginate. Style very short. Capsule on a short, slender 

 stalk, bladder-like, |-i in- wide, depressed-pyriform, trigonous, 

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