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232 THE JOURNAL OF INDIAN BOTANY. Veronica L. Veronica anagallis L. Sp. PL {1753) 12. — Loc. : Sifcani (jhala- wan), 28° 19' N, 66° 5' E, about 5,300 ft. (no. M364, M364A) growing in moist places on the banks of water channels. — Fl. and fr. in June 1918.

Anarrhinum Desf.

Anarrhinum orientale Benth. in DC Proclr. X, 289. — Loc.: Harboi, 18 miles ESE of Kalat, 9,000 ft. (no. 54).— Uses : Sheep eat. this, also goats, etc.

Vern. Name : Nila (Br,).

Anarrhinum sp.— Loc. : Pishuk, -27° 33' N, 66° 18' E, about 5,300 ft. (no. M341). Fr. inpJune 1918.

Leptorhabdos Sclirenk.

Leptorhabdos virgata Walp. Bep. Ill, 387. — Loc : Harboi, 18 miles ESE of Kalat, 9,000 ft. (no. 29, 29B, 42). Fl. after rain in Aug. 1917. — Uses : Eaten by sheep.

Vern. Name : Fisun Lathi (Br).

ClSTANCHE Ho'ffffi. and Link.

Cistanche tubulosa Wight Ic. t. 1420, bis. — Loc : Pirandar, 205 miles SSW of Kalat, about 1,900—2,000 ft. (no. 264, 264A) ; Las Bela, about 700 ft. (no. 2G4B). Fl. in Sept. and Oct. 1917.

Vern. Name : Machochik (Br.).

Orobanche L.

Orobanche aegyptiaca Pers. Syn.il (l 807) 181. — Loc: Quetta about 5,550 ft. (no. M403 A,B,C) ; Residency Garden at Quetta.— Fl, and fr. in July 1918.

Orobanche hirtiflora Bent. — Loc. : Kalat, 7,000 ft. (no. 7,) ; Surab, 43 miles S. of Kalat, 5,750 ft. (no. 7 A).— Fl. in Aug. 1917.— Uses : Eaten by camels and goats.

Vern. Name : Machochik (Br.).

Orobanche oxyloba Beat. — Loc. : Baluchistan.

Tecomella Seem.

Tecomella undulata Seem, in Ann, & Mag. Nat, Hist. ser. 3, X {1862) 30. — Loc. : Kochau (no. 198) ; Rekin (Awaran, Kolwa) 26°21'N, 55° 12' E, about 1,750 ft. (no. M289) : Gwambuk, about 60 miles S by E. of Panjgur, about 2,700 ft. (no. M23. M24D) : about miles E. of Mand, 62° 3' E, 26° 7' N, about 850 ft. (no. M23A, M23B).

One little nala was covered with these bushes in full flower, a most gorgeous sight. Though we saw many of these bushes later en we saw no more flowers. The colour is a brilliant, almost orange yellow. Fl. in March 1918, Bagai Daf (Mantar), about 42 miles S. of Panjgur, about 3,100 ft. (no. M23C), a row of these trees along a