Page:The Journal of Indian Botany.djvu/113

CONTRIBUTIONS : A FLORA OF BALUCHISTAN. 87 (Bal.), Molido (Bal.), Sor (Br.), Simsur (Bal. Br.). Flowers rose- purple or pink.

Reaumuria hypericoides Willd. Sp. II. 1250. Loc. : Shireza Patk (Kharan), 27° 46' N, 65 c 37' E, about 4,900 ft. (no. M 32 C) ; Kuchkan, about 17 miles SSW of Panjgur, about 2,900 ft. (no. M 139, M 139A) ; Garrok, 27 miles N. of Ornach, about 3,400 ft. (no. 327) ; Mitasing, about 17 miles ESE of Panjgur, about 4,000 ft. (no. 27 D). Fl. in March and April 1918. Fr. in March 1918, June 1918, Sept. 1917. Vern. Navies : Kohalok (Bal.), Sorag, Sorago (Bal. Br.). The flowers are pink.

Reaumuria paojgurica Blatt. <(Hall. spec. nov. (Prope R. Bil- lardieri J. & S.) Frutex humilis, ramosissimus a basi, glaucus, glaberrimus ca 25 cm. altus. Cortex radicis necnon ramorum veterum brunneum, exfolians, ramorum juniorum albidum, scabrido-muricu- latum. Folia ca. 10 mm longa, 5 mm lata, plana, coriacea, obovato- elliptica vel oblonga, vel linearia-oblonga vel subspathulata, apice generatim rotundato-obtusa, superiora interdum apice subacuta. Flores laxe paniculati, in axillis solitarii ramos breves terminantes. Rami florales interdum foliis parvis linearibus vestiti. Bracteae calyce multo longiores, lineares-spathulatae, subobtusae. Calyx 5-partitus ad medium, subcampanulatus, lobis ovatis-subacutis (non acuminatis), basi subcordatis, coriaceis, anguste scariosis margine. Petala calyce plus duplo longiora, lanceolata-subulata, 10 mm longa, 3 mm lata, basi utrinque squama triangulari-oblonga semiadnata, margine superiore fimbriato. Stamina numerosa in phalanges 5 petalis oppositas basi connata. Capsula coriacea valvis 5 oblongo- acuminatis, multinerviis, 8 mm longis, 2 mm latis. Semina pauca, undique longe-pilosa, pilis seminibus longioribus. Loc. : Panjgur, about 8,500 ft. (no. 32 1 ), growing on dry ground. Fl. and fr. in May 1918.

Malva rotundifolia L. Sp. PL {1753)688. Loc. : Kalat, about 6,350 ft. (no. M 134 B) ; spring on Harboi, 19 miles ESE of Kalat, 8,800 ft. (no. 78) ; near Bazdad, 25 miles E. of Chambar (Kolwa), about 1,850 ft. (no. M 134 B) ; Kochau 122 miles SSW of Kalat 4,175 ft. (no. 78A). Fl. and fr. in March 1918, July 1918. Uses : Ground up, soaked in water, mixed with sweetmeat and drunk. At once relieves retention of urine. Of the fruit an ointment is made for the chest in cases of " dik ", a dangerous illness. Vern. Names : Utper (Br.), Gwarag Pad (Bal.), Pochako.

Althaea Ludwigii L. Mantiss. (1767) 98. Loc. : Mohtaji Kand, about 22 miles SW of Panjgur, about 2,800 ft. (no. M 134, M 138) ; Harbud, about 55 miles E. of Panjgur about 3,750 ft. (no. M. 311, M 311 A). Fl. and fr. in March and April 1918. Vern. Names : Utper ( = camel's foot) (Br.), Pochako (Panjguri Bal J Gwarag Pad ( = crow's foot) (Kechi Bal.), Nampacho (Panjguri Bal.), Baharo (Bal.),