N. 0. VI0LACE.E. 
115 
A small herb. Stem short, glabrous 1-6 in., slightly 
powdery; diffuse-branched. Leaves elliptic-ovate or lanceolate, 
acute, obscurely crenate, £-£ in., apiculate ; petioles as long ; 
spitules leafy fimbriate. Peduncles slender, bracts subulate. 
Flowers small, axillary, £ in. diam. Sepals lanceolate, 
aristate. Spur very short, secreting honey within it. Style 
clavate, compressed ; stigma lateral of two oblong parallel 
discs Fruit |-£ in., elliptic, acute. 
Use : — This plant is used medicinally in Sind, in the same 
way as V. odorata. 
102. Ionidium suffruticosum, Ging, H.F.B.I., 
i. 185. 
Syn. : — Viola suffruticosa and V. enneasperma, Roxb. 218. 
Sans. Charati (Ainslie). 
Vern. : — Ratanpuras (H. and Bomb.) ; Noonbora (B.) ; 
Suryakaiti ; nilakobari ; Pooroosharatanum (Tel.) ; Orilaihamaray, 
(Tam.) ; Oorelatamara (Malayal.) ; Tandi, Sol ; bir Surajmukhi 
(Santal.). 
Habitat : — From Bundelkhund and Agra to Bengal and 
Ceylon. 
A glabrous or pubescent, very variable perennial herb, 
6-12 in., branches diffuse, woody. Leaves linear or lanceolate, 
serrate-toothed, sub-sessile, \-2 by jV| in., lower leaves 
broader. Stipules subulate, gland-tipped. Flowers solitary 
axillary, red. Pedicels shorter than the leaves. Sepals 
5, subequal, not produced at the base. Petals variable, 4, 
oblong, acute or mucronate, the 5th with a claw and large 
oval or orbicular limb. Filaments distinct, bearing the 
anthers low down. Anthers free, 2 or 4 of them gibbous or 
spurred at the back, the two interior ones usually having a nec- 
tarial gland at the base. Ovary ovoid. Style clavate, incurved. 
Stigma oblique. Capsule 3-valved, sub-globose, few-seeded, 
valves, not elastic. Seeds globose, striate, testa crustaceous. 
Parts used : — The leaves, stalks and root. 
