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234 THE JOUENAL OF INDIAN BOTANY. Verbena L.

Verbena officinalis h. Sp. PI. {1753) 20.— Loc. : Jebri, 147 miles SSW of Kalat, 3,850 ft. (no. 225) ; Kozdar, 27° 48' N, 66° 37' E, about 4,100 ft. (no. 346).— Fl. and fr. in August and Sept. 1917.

Vern. Name : Sandol (Bal.).

VlTEX L.

Vitex agnus-castus L. Sp. PL 638. — Loc. : Gidar Dhor, below Shahdadzai, about 80 miles S. of Kalat, about 4,900 ft. (no. 156) Garrnkan, 1 mile NE of Panjgur, about 3,125 ft. (no. M 166) ; Panjgur, (no. M 166A). Fl. in May 1918.

Vern- Name : Gwanik (Bal., Br.).

OCIMUM L. Ocimuro basilicum L. L. Sp, PL (1753) 597. — Loc. : Korak (Polar), 180 miles S. by W. of Kalat. 1,900 ft. (no 269). Fl. in Sept. 1917.

Vern. Name : Niazpu (Br.)

Orthosiphon Benth.

Orthosi phonpallidus Boyle, MSS ex, Benth. in Hook. Bot. Misc. Ill {1833) 370.— Loc. : Baran Lak, 29 miles S. of Wad, about 4,100 ft. (no. 381! Fr. in Oct. 1917.

Mentha L.

Mentha sylvestris L. Sp. PL cd. 2,804.— Loc. : Kalat, 7,000 it. (no. 6 ; M 359A) Sitani (Gidar, Jhalawan), 28° 19' N, 66° 5' E, about 5,300 ft. (no. M359). Fl. and fr. in June to Aug. 193 8.

Vern. Name : Purchink (Br., Bal.)

SATUREIA L Satureia montana L. Sp. PL 568. — Loc. : Under Harboi 18 miles ESE of Kalat 8,300 to 9,000 ft. (no. 28). Fl. in Aug. 1917. Vern. Name : Purchink (Br.).

Satureia sp. — Loc. : Spring on Harboi, 18 miles ESE of Kalat, 8,600 ft. (no. 64). Fl. in Aug. 1917.

Vern. Name : Mashana Sosingi (Br.).

PEROWSKIA Karel.

Perowskla abrotanoides Kiril. in Ball. Mosq. (1841) 15, t. i.—~ Loc. : Harboi 18 miles ESE of Kalat, 9,000 ft. (no. 14B) ; N. side of Kalgali Pass (Jhalawan), about 28° 11' N, 66° 1' E, about 8,200 ft. (no. M235); Iskalku, 7 miles E of Kalat, 7,500 ft. (no. 14 A), has a very wide area from about 6,000 ft. upwards, abundant in the ' kucha'-' pasture. — Fl. in June to Aug. 1917.

Uses : The flowers are soaked and the body of a man suffering from fever washed in the water ; very cooling.

Vern, Name : Gwari drani (Br.).