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Vevn. :— Ban-san (B. and H.) ; Vuttei-khilloo-khilloopie 

 (Tam.) ; Ghelegherinta (Tel.); Tirat (Bora.). 



Habitat :— Tropical regions of the Himalayas and Ceylon. 



A copiously-branched, erect annual, scarcely shrubby, 2-3ft. 

 high. Branches at first puberulent, soon glabrescent, acutely- 

 angled. Stipules foliaceous, f-lunate, not decurrent. Leaves 

 simple, thin, obscurely downy beneath, reaching 4-6in., ovate, 

 usually acute ; the base deltoid, usually obtuse. Racemes 

 moderately close, lateral and terminal, not panicled, 12-20- 

 flowered, §ft. or more long ; bracts linear, very minute ; 

 pedicels equalling or shorter than calyx. Calyx i in., obscurely 

 downy, teeth lanceolate, twice the tube. Corolla twice the 

 calyx, yellow, white and blue. Pod finely pubescent, 1-1J in. 

 long, 1042-seeded. 



Uses : — The juice of its leaves is used in medicine ; it is sup- 

 posed to be efficacious in diminishing salivation. It is pres- 

 cribed by the Tamil doctors, both internally and externally, in 

 cases of scabies and impetigo (Ainslie). 



343. C. juncea, Linn, h.f.b.i., ii. 79, Roxb. 545. 



Vevn. : — San (H. and B.) ; Janab-ka-nar vDec.) ; Jenappa- 

 nar (Tam.); Jenapa-nara (Tel.) Ansa solid (Assam); Sini, 

 tag-san (Sind.) ; Janapa, pulivanji (Mai.) Sanabu, shanabina, 

 pundi (Kan.). 



Habitat : — The plains of India. 

 A stiff annual herb, several feet high, with slender, virgate, 

 rigid, thinly silky, terete, multisulcate branches. Stipules 

 or minute, subulate. Leaves simple, rather distant, linear or 

 oblong, rather obtuse, firm, usually lj-3in., shining on both 

 sides, with thin, short, brown, silky hairs. Bast fibre very valu- 

 able for cordage, known in commerce as Sunn. Racemes lateral 

 and terminal, not panicled, loosely 12-20-flowered, reaching a 

 foot long ; bracts very minute, linear. Calyx |-|in. long, 

 densely clothed, with ferruginous, velvety hairs : teeth linear- 

 lanceolate, very deep. Corolla bright yellow, glabrous, slightly 

 exserted. Pod l-\\ in. long, clothed with short-spreading 

 presistent, silky hairs ; 10-15-seeded. 



Use : — The seeds are used to purify the blood. 



