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CONTRIBUTIONS : A FLORA OF BALUCHISTAN. 13?

Prunus L. Prunus brahuica Aitch. and Hemsl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. Ill, 62. Loc. : Near Sitani, 59 miles S of Kalat, 5,300 ft. (no, 130).

Prunus oburnea Aitch. and Hcmsl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. Ill, 62. Loc. : Dokop, 60 miles W of Turbat, about 700 ft. (no. M 15) ; Kaur Dat, 10 miles N of Rekin, about 1,900 ft. (M 15C) ; Harboi, 18 miles ESE of Kalat, 9,000 ft. (no. 20). Uses : Men, animals and birds eat the fruit. Vern. Names : Jogar (Bal., Br.), Mozhmonk (Br.).

Prunus sp. Loc. : Harboi, 18 miles ESE of Kalat, 9,000 ft. (no. 37). Vern. Name : Siahchob.

Pyrus L.

Pyrus cordata Desv. Obs. PL Anj. 152. Loc: Panjgur, about 3,100 ft. (no. M 153). Fl. in March, 1918.

Rosa L.

Rosa anscrinaefolia Boiss. Diagn. ser. 7, VI, 51. Loc. : Harboi, 18 miles ESE of Kalat, 9,000 ft. (no. 15). Fl. in August, 1917. Vcm. Name : Atishi Gulab.

Epilobium L.

Epilobium hirsutum L. Sp. PI. 494. Loc. : Khozdar, 27° 48' N, 66° 37' E, about 4,100 ft., near irrigation channels (no. 343). Fl. and fr. in September, 1917. Vern. Name: Sorphul (Bal., Br.).

Epilobium parviflorum Sehreb. Spic. 146. Loc. : Zidi, 15 miles ESE of Khozdar, about 3,600 ft. (no. 343A). Fl. in September, 1917. Vern. Name : Sorphul (Bal.).

Epilobium minutiflorum Hausskn. in Oestr. Bot. Zeitschr. XXIX (1879) 55. Loc. : Harboi springs, 18 miles ESE of Kalat, 8,600 ft., (no. 67). Fl. and fr. in August, 1917. Uses : The seeds are soaked to make a sharbot, which is drunk both for pleasure and to cure head aches. Vern. Name : Rush (Br.).

CUCUMIS L.

Cucumis trigonus Boxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 70. Loc. W. side of Burida Pass, 140 miles SSW of Kalat, under 4,250 ft. (no. 216) ; near Sorki Chah, Pirandar (no. 273). Fl. in August, 1917. Vern. Name : Wal (Br., Bal.).

Cucumis melo L. Sp. PI. (1753) 1011, var. agrcstis Naud. in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 4, XI (1859) 73 and XII, 110. Loc. Las Bela, about 700 ft. (no. 324 A) ; Jebri, 247 miles SSW of Kalat, 3,850 ft. (no. 225) ; Garruk, 27 miles N of Ornach, about 3,400 ft. (no. 324) ; Korak (Pelar), 180 miles S by W of Kalat, 1,900 ft. (no. 267). Fl. in August,

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