N. 0. C0NV0LVULACE.E. 879 



peduncled, dense, fulvous-hirsute ; outer bracts lin., ovate or 

 elliptic-oblong, not cordate ; inner bracts smaller, narrower, 

 acute. Sepals -J- Jin. ; lanceolate, acute, hirsute, enlarged in 

 fruit. Corolla pink, medium-size, funnel-shaped, ljin., tube 

 narrow, mouth suddenly widened, sparsely hairy without. Sta- 

 mens included. Ovary 2-celled, 4-ovuled, rarely imperfectly 

 4-celled near the base. Capsule ^in., ovoid, papery, glabrous. 

 Seeds minutely velvety or nearly glabrous. 4-2, rarely 1. 

 Use : — Said to be used medicinally (Watt). 



841. I. reniformis, Chois. h.f.b.i,, iv. 206 ; 

 Roxb. 161 (under Conv. reniformis). 



Vern. :■ — Undirkani (Bomb.) ; Perretoy kiray(Tam); Toin- 

 vatali (Tel.). 



Habitat :— Deccan peninsula, common, extending northwards 

 to Rajputana and Behar. 



Closely creeping, much-branched, often rooting from nearly 

 every node, glabrous, or sparingly pubescent. Leaves small, 

 reniform or ovate-cordate, toothed, i-ljin., often smaller, broader 

 than long, occasionally 3-lobed ; petiole i-lin. Peduncles or 

 very short, few-fid ; 1-3 flowered ; bracts inconspicuous. Sepals 

 iin., ovate-obtuse, glabrescent on the back, ciliate even in the 

 fruit. Corolla small, yellow, i-f in., campanulate ; lobes 5, 

 acute. Capsule |in., subglobose, 2-celled a Cell often 1-seeded. 

 Seeds 2-4, glabrous, dark chestnut-coloured. "At a little 

 distance the plant has the appearance of Hydrocotyle asiatica." 

 (Pharmacographia Indica, Vol. II. p. 539). 



Use : — The plant is described as deobstruent and diuretic, 

 (S. Arjun). 



The Hindus administer the juice in rat-bite, and drop it 

 into the ear to cure sores in that organ. Its properties appear 

 to be more fanciful than real, though, like others of the genus, 

 it is purgative if taken in large doses (Dymock\ 



842. I. ohscura, Ker. h v f.b.i., iv. 207. 



Syn : — Convolvulus obscurus, Linn. Roxb. 158, 

 Vern. :— Sirutali (Tarn.); Tsinuataliaku (Tel.). " 

 Habitats- Throughout India and Ceylon: - ~ : 



