N. 0. CON VOtiVC LACE#.. 
8?9 
peduncled, dense, fulvous-hirsute ; outer bracts I in., ovate or 
elliptic-oblong, not cordate ; inner bracts smaller, narrower, 
acute. Sepals |-|in. ; lanceolate, acute, hirsute, enlarged in 
fruit. Corolla pink, medium-size, funnel-shaped, 1 Jin , tube 
narrow, mouth suddenly widened, sparsely hairy without. Sta- 
mens included. Ovary 2-celled, 4-ovuled, rarely imperfectly 
4-celled near the base. Capsule iin., ovoid, papery, glabrous. 
Seeds minutely velvety or nearly glabrous. 4-2, rarely 1. 
Use : — Said to be used medicinally (Watt). 
841. 1 . reniformis , Chois, h.f.b.i,, IV. 206 ; 
Roxb. 161 (under Conv. reniformis). 
Vern.: — Undirkani (Bomb.) ; Perretoy kiray (Tam); Toin- 
vatali (Tel.). 
Habitat : — Deccan peninsula, common, extending northwards 
to Rajputana and Behar.. 
Closely creeping, much-branched, often rooting from nearly 
every node, glabfous, or sparingly pubescent. Leaves small, 
reuiform or ovate-cordate, toothed, J-l Jin., often smaller, broader 
than long, occasionally 3-lobed ; petiole 4-lin. Peduncles 0 or 
very short, few-fid ; 1-3 flowered ; bracts inconspicuous. Sepals 
£in., ovate-obtuse, glabrescent on the back, ciliate even in Ihe 
fruit. Corolla small, yellow, ?-fin., campanulate ; lobes 5, 
acute. Capsule Jin., subglobose, 2-celled. Cell often 1-seeded. 
Seeds 2-4, glabrous, dark chestnut-coloured. At a little 
distance the plant has the appearance of Hydrocotyle asiatiea .” 
(Pharmacographia Indica, Vol. II. p. 539). 
Use : — The plant is described as dcobstruent, and diuretic, 
(S. Arjun). 
The Hindus administer the juipe in rat-bite, and drop it 
into the ear to cure sores in that organ. Its properties appear 
to be more fanciful than real, though, like others of the genus, 
it is purgative if taken in large doses (Dymock'. 
842. I . obscura, Ker. h.f.b.i., iv. 207. 
Syn : — Convolvulus obscurus, Linn. Roxb. 158. 
Vern. : — Sirutali (Tam.); Tsinuataliaku (Tel.). 
Habitat : — Throughout India and Ceylon. 
