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132 THE JOURNAL OF INDIAN BOTANY. rostrata). Legumen 13 mm afctingens, cylindricum, turgidum, apice breviter cuspidatum, divisum septulis transversis, glabrum, suturis prominentibus, valvis rugosis. Semina orbiculata, parum compressa, glabra, atro-olivacea. Nota : Species Dorycnii hucusque observatae babent carinam obfcusam, nostra autem acutam. Haec differentia non est ratio sufficiens cur nova species excludatur a genere Dorycnii. Nullo modo potest includi sub genere Loti, cum carina careat rostro. Loc. : Hills near Ispikan, about 20 miles NE of Mand, about 1,200 — ■ 1500 ft. (no. M 89, M 89 A). Fl. and fr. in March 1918. Vem. Name : Mesbkah (Bal.).

Lotus tenuifolius Reichb. Fl. exc. 506. Loc. : Surab, 28° 29' N. 66° 16' E., about 5,700 ft. (no. 105, M 369). Fl. in June 1918, Aug. 1917. — Fr. in Aug. 1917. Note : The flowers range from pure yellow through orange to bright red.

Cyamopsis psoralioides DC. Prodr. II, 21 6. Loc. : Nal, 27° .41' N, 66° 13' E. 3,834 ft., probably self sown from some garden (no. 336) ; Gaz, 18 miles N. of Ornach, about 3,500 ft. (no. 323). Fr. in Sep. 1917. Vem. Name: Metli:(Br.).

Indigofera paucifolia Del. Fl. D'Eg. (1812) 251. Loc. : Eodkan (W. Kolwa), about 85 miles E. of Turbat, about 1,800 ft.; Zahren Kahur, 16 miles N. of Pasni, about 200 ft. (no. M42, M42A). Vem. Names : Lantu, Timer (Bal.), Hudish (Br.).

Indigofera paucifolioides Blatt. & Hall. spec. nov. Suffrutex gracilis, argenteo-canescens in omnibus partibus floribus exceptis, ramis gracilibus. Internodia, ca. 3 cm longa. Folia pinnatim 3-folio- lata, stipulis annulum scariosum formantibus circumcingentem ramum. Petiolus circa 6 mm longus, rhachis 2-3 mm, persistens, quasi spinescens. Foliola elliptica vel elliptico-lanceolata, subacuta, alterna, terminale longissimum. Eacemi axillares, 5-6 cm longi, 5-10-flori, laxi, bracteis minutissimis, pedicellis li mm longis, fortibus, patentibus. Flores 13 mm attingentes. Calyx blouses, 7 mm longus, dense adpresse hirsutus, oblique 5-dentatus, dentibus subulatis subaequalibus in parte anteriore, sinu profundo rotundato in parte dorsali. Corolla multum exserta ; carina necnon alae vexillo breviores. Legumen non vidimus. Differt ab Indigofera paucifolia floribus minus numerosis sed multo longioribus, forma stipularum. Loc. : Wad, 27° 20' N. f 66° 20' E., about 4,000 ft. (no. 226 B). Fl. in Oct. 1917.

Indigofera Houer Forsh. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. (1775) 137. Loc. : Near Sorki Chah, Pivandar, about 205 miles SSW of Kalat, about 1,900 ft. (no. 254). Fl. and fr. in Sept. 1917. Vem. Name : Niltako (Bal.).

Tephrosia purpurea Pers. Syn. PI. II [1807) 329. Loc. : Piran- dar, 205 miles SSW of Kalat, about 1,900 ft. (no. 263) ; Sor (Kilkaur), about 74 miles S. of Panjgur, about 2,300 ft. (no. M 9G) ; Dokop,