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170 THE JOURNAL OF INDIAN BOTANY. DUCEOSIA Boiss.

Ducrosia anethifolia Boiss. Fl. Or. II, 1036. Loc. : Siahen Damb, about 36 miles E by S of Panjgur, aboub 3,800 ft. (no. M 176 C) ; S. end of Gar Pass, about 28 miles E by S of Panjgur, about 3,800 ft. (no. M 176 D) ; Benn Chah, 21 miles N of Surab, about 6,200 ft. (no. M 383). El. in April 1918.— Fr. in April and July 1918.

PSAMMOGETON EdgeiV.

Psammogeton biternatum Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XX, 57, Loc.:: Turbat 63° 4' E, 25° 58' N, about 600 ft. (no. M 52) ; Nagak (W. Kolwa), about 87 miles E by N of Turbat, about 2,400 ft. (no. 50 B.) Panjgur, about 3,100' (M. 52 A.) Fl. in Feb. 1918.

Vcrn. Names : Isbot, Isbotk, Isbok (Bal. B?.).

Gaillonia A. Rich.

Gaillonia Aucheri Jaub. & Sp. Illustr. 1, 140. — Loc. : Nasirabad, 23 miles W. of Turbat, about 400 ft. (no. M 59) ; Mazhdalu, 20 miles S. of Panchgur, about 3,000 ft. (no. M 59 B) ; Tumb, 46 miles W. of Turbat, about 600 ft. (M 594)— Fl. and fr. in March 1918.

Uses : The plant is soaked in water and the liquid used to wash babies with pains in their stomachs.

Vsrn. Names : Tuso (Bal.), Khartusa (Br.).

Gaillonia eriantha Jaub. & Sp. III. I, 14b, t. 78. — Loc. : Benn Chah, 20 miles N. of Surab, about 6200 ft. (no. M 385 ; Surab, 28° 29' N, 66° 16' E, about 5,700 ft. (no. M 379).

Vem. Name : Pihunpulli (Br.). This name means " white flower ", and is applied to lots of different plants.

Gaillonia hymonostephana Jaub. & Sp. III. I, 140, t. 79, var. macrocalyx Blatt. & Hall. var. nov. — Calyx post anthesim 12 mm diametro. Par foliorum summum infra calycem cum stipulis formans quasi involucrum hyalinum suaequalitor 6-lobum, lobis acutis, ovatis, uninerviis hispidulis. Rami foliaque minutim scabrida.

Loc. : Baranlak, 28 miles S. of Wad, about 4,100 ft. (no. 379). Fl. and fr. in Oct. 1917.

Gaillonia macrantha Blatt. & Hall. spec. nov. — Suffruticosa, ramosissima ramis erectis opposite et dichotome vel trichotome ramulosis. Rami albidi, ancipites vel trigoni propter folia opposita vel tornata decurrentia. Ramuli teretiusculi. delicatule striati, dense, minutim atque rigide pubescontes, olivacei. Folia opposita vel ter- nata, basi cum stipulis brevibus brevissime connatis, stipulis annulm formantibus.l ineari-subulata, atro-olivacea, apice subspinosa, usque ad 20 mm longa, infima et summa multo breviora, uninervia, rigide pubescentia, margine revoluta. — Floresterminales, cyman dichotomam vel trichotomam formantes. Calyx 5 mm longus, densissime hispidig- sime lanitus (multo densius quam in G. eriantha) ita quidem ut superficies conspici nequeat, tubulosus, 5-lobus usque ad medium, lobis lanceolatis acutis. Corolla hispida, tubo angustissimo, fauce valde ampliato, 5-loba, lobis oblongis obtusis. Stamina brevissima,