N. O. MALVAGEA2. 
169 
Vern . : — Junka ( B. Bir ; tandi ; bariar; Jokha ; sakam 
(Santal.) ; Palampasi (Tain.) ; Gayapu aku (Tel.) ; (Gujrat and 
Porebunder) Blioyabala ; (Marathi) Bliui chikna, Bhoybal ; 
(Hindi) Bananiyar ; (Sinhalese) Bevila ; (Tam.) Palum-padu. 
Habitat : — Generally distributed throughout the hotter 
parts of India, Ceylon and grassy ground and waste places. 
A perennial herb ; branches long, prostrate, trailing, root- 
ing at the nodes, with scattered stellate hairs. Leaves variable 
in size, z-1 in., broadly ovate, cordate at base, acute, coarsely 
ere n ate serrate, sparsely covered with long hairs. Petiole 
in., hairy. Flowers pale yellow, rather small, numerous, 
less than half an inch in diam. Peduncle 1 in. or more, stiff, 
slender, slightly hairy. Calyx 5-angled, segments triangular, 
very acute, with stellate hairs on margin. Petals broader than 
long, truncate, ripe carpels 5-pointed, slightly bicuspidate, 
smooth (Trimen). 
Part used : — The leaves. 
Use: — Among the Santals, the leaves are pounded, and 
used as a local application to cuts and bruises. They are also 
given in the diarrhoea of pregnancy (Revd. Campell). 
Jayakrishna Indraji says that the flowers and unripe 
fruits are given together in sugar for burning sensation, in 
micturition. 
149. S. spinosa , Linn.,- h.f.b.i,, i. 123. 
Syn. : — S. alba, L., S. alinifolia, L., Roxb. 516. 
Sans. : — Nagabala. Khar-yashtika — J. Indraji. 
Vern. : — Jangli-methi, gulsakari (Hind, and Deck.) ; KAu- 
talo-bal ; (Guj. and Porebunder). (Marathi) K&nteri Tukati; 
Khareti, Gulsakari ; (Hindi). Mayirmanikkam (Tam.) ; Mayilu- 
m&nikyam (Te.) ; Mayirmanikkam, Katta-ventiyam (Malyal.'; 
Kadu-menthya (Can.) ; Pilabarela, Bon-methi (Beng.) ; Koti-kam- 
babila, Mairmanikam (Sinh.); Shanbalide-barri, Shamlithe-dashti 
(Pers.) ; Kulbahebarri (Arab.). 
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