Herbs, diffuse, annual, or undershrubs; branches pubescent oi glandular. Leaves petiolate, repand or toothed along margins, obtuse or mucronate at apex, 2 - 4 cm long, glabrous above, pilose or pubescent beneath; stipules subulate. Peduncles 1 - 2-flowered, sharply deflexed at bracteoles. Sepals ovate, awned, densely pubescent with long hairs. Petals 1 - 1.2 cm long, 3-nerved, crumpled, scarcely exceeding sepals, violet or pink. Filaments ciliate. Mericarps stipitate, obliquely truncate with 2-3 wrinkles at top,8-9 mm long,; beak 5 - 8 cm long, rough-hairy.         Ref-FLORA OF INDIA (VOL.4)