N. 0. MALVACEAE. 
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An annual herbaceous, softly tomentose plant. Leaves orbi- 
cular-cordate with a long point, 3-4in. Petiole 3in. Peduncles lin , 
solitary, axillary. Sepals free nearly to the base, ovate, acute. 
Petals yellow, hardly exceeding the sepals. Staminal tube very 
short. Carpels 15-20, much exceeding the sepals, oblong, trun- 
cate hispidulous or pubescent, with two long horizontal spreading 
ciliolate awns. 
Use : — Its leaves, seeds and roots are put to the same use 
as those of A. indicum. 
158. Urena lobata, Linn, h.f.b.i., I. 329. 
Roxb. 519. 
Vern. : — Bun-ochra (B.) ; Bhidi janelet (Santal.) ; Bachita 
(N.-W.P.) ; Vaua bhenda, Ran-tupkada ; Wagdau Bliendi 
(Marathi) ; Villiak (Konkan). 
Brachta, Bachit, Bachita (Hindi) ; (Sinhalese) Valta Epala. 
Habitat : — Generally distributed over the hotter'^arts of 
India. Waste open ground, Ceylon. 
A very variable, herbaceous plant, more or less hairy. 
Leaves about 1-2 by 2-3 in., cordate 5-7-lobed, acute or 
obtuse ; nerves 5-7, prominent on the under surface, the three 
central, or the midrib only, provided with a gland on the under- 
surface ; petiole usually shorter than the blade. Bracteoles 
oblong-lanceolate, equalling the Calyx. Flowers bright pink, 
darker in the centre, clustered. Carpels densely pubescent, 
echinate. Capsules barbed. 
Use : — In Chutia Nagpur, the root is employed as an 
external remedy for rheumatism. (Revd. Campbell). 
159. U. sinuata, Linn, h.f.b.i., i. Roxb. 
519. 
Vern.: — Lotloti, Kunjuya (H.) ; kunjia(B.); Mota bhedi- 
janelet (Santal.) ; Beri lat (Chutia Nagpur) ; Tapkote (Bomb.) ; 
Piliya Mankena (Tel.). 
Jayakrisna Indraji gives the following Vern. names : — 
(Porebunder and Gujrat) Wagdftfi Bhindo ; (Marathi) Lichi, 
Ramkapshi; (Hindi) Kflujia, Lotaloti ; (Sinha lese) Hiwepula. 
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