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INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
197. C. fascicular is, Lam. h.f.b.i,, i. 398. 
Roxb. 429. 
Sans. : — Chunchu, Kshetra Qhunchu. 
Vern. : — Hind — Khetapat, Bankosta— J. Indraji. Hiran- 
khori, Mothi Bahuphali, Bomb.); Jangli or ban-pat, bil-nalita 
(B.); Chhuncbbadi, Ubbibabupbali, (Gujrat and Porebunder). 
Habitat : — Tbrougbout tbe hotter parts of India, from 
Banda to Bengal and the Western Peninsula, Porebunder. 
An annual herb, erect, ramous. Leaves oblong or 
, lanceolate, serrated ; 1-2 by l-|in. ; petioles very short, pilose. 
Peduncles 3-5-flowered, opposite to the leaves. Flowers 
yellow, subsessile fascicles, Sub-pentandrous. Sepals iV in. 
Stamens about 5 (W. and A.). “ 5-10 ” says Max-well T. Masters 
(H. F. B I.). Capsules linear-oblong, or cylindric, 4-6 times 
longer than broad, nearly terete, villous, rostrate, with three 
terminal points, 3-celled, 3-valved. Seeds numerous ; transverse 
septa nearly obsolete. 
Use : — It is very mucilaginous and somewhat astringent, 
and is valued as a restorative (Dymock.) 
In Bombay, a watery extract, mixed with sugar-candy, is 
taken as a nutritive tonic. It is also given in seminal weakness 
(S. Arjun), but with doubtful success — K. K. Kirtikar. 
198. C. antichorus, Raesch, h.f.b.i., i. 398. 
Vern. : — Bahuphalli, kurand, bophalli, babuphalli, babuna 
iPb.) ; Moodheeree (Sind); Baphuli (H.) (J. Ind raj i) -(Pore- 
bunder and Gujrat) Chhikni, Chhunchh ; Bethi-Bahuphali ; 
Bahuphali. (Marathi) Bahuphali. 
Habitat : — North-West India, from Sindh and the Punjab 
to Agra, Western Peninsula, in Kathiawar, Guzerat and the 
Deccan. 
A perennial herb, woody 6-9 in., prostrate, much-branch- 
ed from the base ; branches prostrate, tortuous, imbricate 
6-7in. Leaves |-f by l-^in., roundish, usually wrinkled, 
plicate, crenate-serrate, glabrous, the serratures not appendaged, 
base rounded or cuneate ; 3-nerved. Petioles 1-lin. long, very 
