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86 THE JOURNAL OF INDIAN BOTANY. Vern. Names : Gaz (Bal. Br.), Shingir Gaz (Bal.), Shingir Kiri (Br.). The names of the tamarisks are' rather confused. This variety is called Shingir in Kech and by the Brahuis. It is called Soren ( = red) by many Baluchis." (Hotson).

Tamarix articulata Vahl Symb. II, 48, tab. 32. Loc. : Awaran (Kolwa), 26° 24' N. 65° 12' E, about 1,750 ft. (no. M 14A) ; Dokop, 60 miles W. of Turbat, about 1,700 ft. (no. M 14) ; Teghab, 107 miles S. of Kalat, 4150 ft. (no. 117A). Fl. in August 1917, said to flower in spring. Vern. Names : Guh Gaz (Bal.), Sakori Gaz (Kiri). Kolwa is the Kech name for this tamarisk. About Mand it is called Guh, the name given in Kech to the Padha Gaz (Hotson). See the next species.

Tamarix stricta Boiss. Diagn. ser. II, II, 57. Loc. : Siman river, 15 miles SE of Khozdar, about 3,700 ft. (no. 362) ; Lukh, 100 miles S. of Kalat, 4,300 ft. (no. 177) ; Dokop, 60 miles W. of Turbat, about 700 ft. (no. M 13, M 13A). Fr. in Aug. 1917, Sept. 1917, Dec. 1917. Vern. Names : Sor Gaz (Bal. Br.), Khisun Kiri (Br.), Sakori Gaz, Sakori Kiri (Bal. Br.), Padha Gaz (Bal.). — This tamarisk is commonly called Padha, but in some parts also Guh Gaz the latter being the Kech name for it. (Hotson).

Tamarix passerinoides Del. Eg. III. no. 352. Loc. : Quetta. Fl. in July 1918.

Tamarix longe pedunculata Blatt. and Hall. spec. nov. Frutex (vel arbor '?) glaber, glaucus, dioicus. Folia vaginantia, subhorizontaliter truncata, abrupte deltoideomucronata vel cuspidata, in ramis novellis apice patentia, in ceteris adpressa. Racemi racemoso — paniculati, longe pedunculati, elongati, densissimi, ca 5| cm longi, pedunculo ca. 13 cm longo. Bracteae triangular i-ovatae, acuminatae, floribus sessilibus sub-breviores. Sepala 5, rotundato-obovata, obtusa, duo lateralia carinata, omnia margine scariosa. Petala 5 purpurea ca. duplo calyce longiora, obovato-suborbiculata. Stamina 5, disco 5-glanduloso inserta ; antherae apiculatae. Ovarium nullum. Flores femineos non vidimus. This species comes near T. dioica, but differs in the following points : The peduncle is much longer, the petals are obovate suborbicular, not linear-oblong. Loc. : Gajar, 165 miles SSW of Kalat, 3,450 ft. (no. 228). Fl. in Sept. 1917. Vern. Name : Gaz (Bal.).

Reaumuria palaestina Boiss. Diagn. ser. I. I. p. 10 var. acuminata ■var. nov. Differt a typo ramis glabris, foliis acutis, calycis laciniis acuminatis apice coriaceis, petalis calyce aliquantulum longioribus. Loc. : Garrok, 27 "miles N. of Ornach, about 3,400 ft. (no. 327). Fl. in Sept. 1917.

Reaumuria :Stocksii Boiss. Fl. Or. I, 761. Loc. : Manguli, 26° 45' N, 65° 21' E, about 2,600 ft. (no. M 290 ; 290A ; Zaham, about 42 miles S. of Panjgur, about 2,800 ft. (no. M 205) ; near Sitani, 59 miles S. of Kalat, 5,300 ft. (136), Panjgur, about 3,100 ft. (no. 141) . Korak (Pelar), 180 miles S. by W. of Kalat, 1,900 ft. (no. 274). Fl; and fr. in March and April 1918. Vern, Name : Kuhi Drah Ghok