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88 THE JOURNAL OF INDIAN BOTANY.

Sida grew ioides Quill. & A. Bich. Fl. Seneg. I {1830) 71. Loc. : Naka Khari (Las Bela), 33 miles from Karachi, about 100 ft. (no. 401). Fl. and fr. in Oct. 1917.

Abutilon indicum Sio. Hort. Brit. I (1827) 54. Loc. : Jaur, 34 miles S. by W. of Khozdar, about 4,300 ft. about (no. 372, 372 A). Fl. and fr, in Oct. 1917. Uses : Said to be useless and not eaten by any animals. Also said to be bad for the eyes, and therefore called Baibaro, though how it should get near the eyes I could not under- stand. (Hotson). Vern. Name : Gogharo (Br.).

Abutilon bidentatum A. Rich. FL Abyss. I (1847) 68. Loc. : Ear Kaur, 165 miles S. by W. of Kalat, about 3,500 ft. (no. 293, 293 B). Fl. and fr. in Sept. 1917. Vern. Name : Kapochisk (Br. Bal.).

Abutilon muticum Sw. Hort. Brit. eel. 2 (1830) 65. Loc. : Ear Kaur, 165 miles S. by W. of Kalat, about 3,500 ft. (no. 293 A). Fl. in Sept. 1917.

Abutilon'fruticosum Quill. Perr. and A. Rich. Fl. Seneg. I (1830) 70. Loc. : Hills near Ispikan, about 20 miles NE of Mand, about 1,200-1,500 ft. (no, M 98) ; Burida Pass, 140 miles SSW of Kalat, up to 4,250 ft. (no. 214). Fl. and fr. in March 1918, August, 1917. Vern. Name : Gulkhand (Br).

Pavonia arabica Steud. Norn. ed. 2, II (1841) 279. Loc. : Naka Kharri (Las Bela), 33 miles from Karachi, about 100 ft. (no. 140). Fl. and fr. in Oct. 1917.

Hibiscus trionum L. Sp. PI. (1753) 697. Loc. : Quetta ; Khozdar, 27° 48' N, 66° 37' E, about 4,100 ft. (no. 348) ; Kalat, 7,000 ft. (no. 5) ; Kalat, about 6,350 ft. (no. M 398) ; Surab, 43 miles S. of Kalat, 5,750 ft. (no. 107). Fl. in July 1918, Aug. and Sept. 1917.— Fr. in Aug. 1917, Sept. 1917. Uses. The leaves when very small are cut off and boiled, and after some preparation eaten with bread. Those leaves are called Garbust. Vern. Names : Pihu Pulli (Br.). Lasura (Br.).

Hibiscus micranthus L. f. Suppl. (17 81) 308. Loc. : Near Man- guli, 157 miles SSW of Kalat, about 2,450 ft. (no. 238); near Korak (Pelar), 180 miles S. by W. of Kalat, 1,900 ft. (280) ; hills S. of Cham- bar (Kolwa), 26° 9' N, 64° 42' E, about 2,150 ft. (no. M 25 B) ; hills near Ispikan, about 20 miles NE of Mand, about, 1,200-1,500 ft. Fl. and fr. in March and April 1918. Vern. Name : Zwangir.

Hibiscus pungens Roxb. Hort. Beng. 50. Loc. : Near Ornach, about 3,050 ft. (no. 321, 321 A). Fl. and fr. in Sept. 1917. Vern. Name : Mirani, Danku.

Grewia tenax Fiori Bosc. Plant, legn. Eritrea (1909) 246 — (G. populifolia Vahl). Loc. ; Hushtar Eahi, 160 miles S. of Kalat, about