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CONTRIBUTIONS : A FLORA OF BALUCHISTAN. 131

Medicago denticulata Willd. Sp. Ill, 1414. var. lappacea Boiss. Fl. Or. II. 103. Loc. : Panjguri, about 3,100 ft. (no. M 117D). Fl. and fr. in March 1918. Vern. Names : Goki Shims (Bal.), Mena (Sind.).

Medicago sativa L. — Lucerne. Loc. : Quetta. Fl. in August.

Medicago sp. near praecox DC. Cat. Monsp. 123. Loc. : Hazar- ganji, 27° 28' N, 66° 12' E, about 3,600 ft. (no. 331). Fl. in Sept. 1917. Vern. Names : Shims (Bal.), Marav (Br.).

Madicago sp. Loc : Nagak (W. Kolwa), near mouth of Hodal Pass, about 87 miles E. by N. of Turbat, about 2,400 ft. (no. M 117E). Fl. in April 1918. Vern. Name : Goki Shims (Bal.). .

Medicago sp. near coronata Lam. Diet. Ill, 634. Loc. : Hazar- ganji, 27°28'N, 66° 12'E., about 3,600 ft. (no. 332). Growing in a partially flooded meadow. Fl. and fr. in Sept. 1917. Vern. Name : Shims (Bal.).

Melilotus Turnef.

Melilotus alba Desr. in Lam. Diet. 7, 63. Loc, : Panjguri (M 338, M 338A). Fl. in June 1918. Vern. Names: Shams (Bal.), Jangli Meni (? Sind.). Uses : Leaves eaten as a vegetable.

Melilotus indica All. Fl. Pedem. I {1785) 308. Loc: Panjguri, about 3,100 ft. (no. M 158, M 145), Nagak (W. Kolwa) about 87 miles E. by N. of Turbat, about 2,400 ft. (no. M. 158A). Fl, and fr. in March and April 1918. Uses : This plant is eaten by man, cooked as a vegetable. Vern. Names : Mardumi Shims (Bal.). Madi Shims.

TRIFOLIUM L.

Trifolium fragiferum L. Sp. PI. 1086. Loc. : Kalat, about 6,350 ft., plentiful on the edges of irrigated lands (no. M 307A) ; Iskalku, 7 miles E. of Kalat, 7,500 ft., grows on edges of irrigation channels (no. 10, 10 C) ; Surab, 43 miles S. of Kalat, 5,750 ft. (no. 103, M 370), grows by water with clover. Fl. in June 1918, Aug. 1917. Vern. Name : Jaghar Kirm (Br.), this name comes from the idea that if sheep eat it they get worms in the liver. Horses suffer no harm.

DORYCNIUM Tourn.

Dorycnium villosum Blatt. and Hall. spec. nov. Herba perennis, villoso-hirsuta, a basi lignosa et ramosa ; caules ascendentes, sulcati, foliosi, internodiis brevibus. Folia subsessilia. Petiolus simul cum rhachide 3 mm longus, fortis, sulcatus. Foliola 4, quorum unum terminale, duo terminali proxima et unum in parte inferiore. Petioluli breves sed distincti, graciles. Foliola spathulato-cuneata, mucronata, 10 mm longa, 3 mm lata in parte latissima, parce hirsuta vel glabre* scentia in facie superiore, densissime villoso-hirsuta in facie inferiore. Pedunculi erecti, foliis aequilongi, umbellatim 2-3-flori, bractea unica dimidiam partem folioli attingente- Pedicelli 1-2 mm longi. Calyx subaequaliter 5-fidus, dense hirsutus, lobis subulatis, tubo aequilongia in flore, elongatis in fructu. Corolla parum exserta, flava ; vexillum apica rubrum ? longius caeteris petalis ; carina acuta (sed non