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Vern. : — Ban-san' (B. and H.) ; Vuttei-khilloo-khilloopie 
(Tam.) ; Ghelegherinta (Tel.); Tirat (Bom.). 
Habitat : — Tropical regions of the Himalayas and Ceylon. 
A copiously-branched, erect annual, scarcely shrubby, 2-3ft. 
high. Branches at first pubernlent, soon glabrescent, acutely- 
angled. Stipules foliaceous, ^-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 panieled, 12-20- 
flowered, Jft. or more long ; bracts linear, very minute ; 
pedicels equalling or shorter than calyx. Calyx 1 in., obscurely 
downy, teeth lanceolate, twice the tube. Corolla twice the 
calyx, yellow, white and blue. Rod finely pubescent, 1-11 in. 
long, 10-12-seeded. 
Uses : — The juice of its leaves is used in medicine ; if 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. jnncea, Linn, h.f.b.i., ii 79, Roxb. 545. 
Vern. : — San (H. and B.) ; Janab-ka-nar (Dec.) ; Jenappa- 
nar (Tam.) ; -Tenapa-nara (Tel.) Ansa suila (Assam) ; Sini, 
tlg-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 0 
or minute, subulate. Leaves simple, rather distant, linear or 
oblong, rather obtuse, firm, usually l|-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 panieled, loosely 12-20-flowered, reaching a 
foot long ; bracts very minute, linear. Calyx 1-jin. long, 
densely clothed, with ferruginous, velvety hairs : teeth linear- 
lanceolate, very deep. Corolla bright yellow, glabrous, slightly, 
exserted. Pod 1-11 in. long, clothed with short-spreading 
presistent, silky hairs ; 10-15-seeded. 
Use : — The seeds are used to purify the blood. 
