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CONTRIBUTIONS : A FLORA OF BALUCHISTAN. 345 POPULUS L.

Populus euphratica Oliv. Voy. Ill, 449, t. 45, 46. — Loc. : Shahdad- zai, 72 miles S. of Kalat, 5,300 ft. (no. 144) ; below Bhani, 131 miles SSW of Kalat, almost 4,000 ft. (no. 206) ; Awwaran, 26° 24' N, 65° 12' E, about 1.750 ft. (no. M280).

Vern. Name : Patk (Bal. and Br.), Bahan (Br. Bal., Sind, etc.).

Fopulus alba L. Sp. PI. 1034. — Loc. ; Shahdadzai, 72 miles S. of Kalat, 5,100 ft. (no. 146).

Vern. Name : Ispidar (Br.).

Epipactis consimilis Wall. Cat. no. 7403. — Loc. : Near Chambar (no. M 261B) ; Anjiri Kaur, S. of Chambar (Kolwa), about 2,150 ft. (no. M261).— Fl. and Fr! April 1918.

Gladiolus L. Gladiolus segetum Ker.-Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 719. — Loc. : Panj- gur, about 3,100 ft. (no. M150, M150A) ; Khudabadan, § mile N. of Panjgur, about 3,100 ft. (no. M177F).— Fl. in March 1918.

Vern. Name : Titmatan (Panjguri Bal.), Sarkok (Zamarani Bal.). Sarkako (Bal.).

Asparagus L.

Asparagus capitatus Bah. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XIV, 607. — Loc. : Nal, 27° 41' N, 66° 13' E, about 3,800 ft. (no. 205B) ; Teghab, 107 miles S. of Kalat, 4,150 ft. (no. 179) ; Bhani, 131 miles SSW of Kalat, 4,000 ft. (no. 205A).— Fl. in Sept. 1917.

Vern. Name : Avishk (Bal. and Br.), Khakshir (Pers.).

Asparagus racemosus Willd. Sp. PI. II, 153. — Loc. : Hodal Pass (S. side), about 85 miles S. of Pam'gur, 2,900 to 2,400 ft. (no. M224).— Fl. in April 1918.

Vern. Name : Kalirkah.

ASPHODELUS L.

Asphodelus tenuifolius Cavan. in Ann. Cienc. Nat. Ill, 46, t. 27—Iloq. : Under Harboi, 15 miles ESE of Kalat, 8,300 ft. (no. 49D) ; Ghulamani Bent, 23 miles N. of Pasni, about 100 ft. (no. M49) ; 5 miles N. of Mand, about 1,000 ft. (no. M49B) ; Turbat, 63° 4' E, 25° 58' N, about 6,000 ft. (no. M49A).— Fl. in Feb. 1918, Fr. in Feb. and March 1918.

Vern. Name : Serishako (Br.), Pimalo (Bal.).

EREMURUS Bieberst.

Eremurus Persicus Boiss. Diagn. VII, 119. — Loc. : Harboi, 18 miles ESE of Kalat, 9,000 ft. (no. 49A, 49B).— Fr. in Aug. 1917.

Uses : The leaves are cut up and boiled with oil and ghi, and eaten as a vegetable. (Hotson).

Vern. Name : Sirishako (Br.)