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CONTRIBUTIONS : A FLORA OF BALUCHISTAN. 55

Cocculus cebatha DC. Syst. I (1818) 527. Loc. : Kanoti, 47 miles N. of Las Bela, about 3,200 ft. (217A) ; W. side of Burida Pass, 140 miles SSW of Kalat, below 4,250 ft. (no. 217). " Every time I have seen this plant it has been growing out of a rock and hanging down the face of a cliff." (Hotson). 5-X-17 and 30-VIII-17. Uses : Is reputed to make water cold and to thicken it (Hotson). Vem. Name : Zamor (Bal., Br.).

Cocculus villosus DC. Prodr. I. 98. Loc. : Baran Lak, 28 miles S. of Wad, about 3,900 ft. (no. 380). Fl. in Oct. 1917.

Berberis lycium Boyle III 64. Locality not T given.

Berberis vulgaris L. Sp. PL 472. Loc. : Harboi, 18 miles ESE of Kalat, 9,000 ft. (21A,B,C). Fruit ripening about the time of the wheat harvest in the valleys, say June in these parts or early July. Uses : The small red berries are eaten by men and animals. The roots are boiled and give a decoction good! for fever, especially high fever ; it is said to make the chest " narm ". (Hotson). Vem. Name : Zarch Brah.

Hypecoum pendulum L. Sp. PI- 181. Loc. : Khudabadan, £ mile N. of Panjgur, about 3,100 ft. (no. 19l); Garmkan, 1 mile NE of Panjgur, about 3,125 ft. (no. 167). Fl. and fr. in March 1918.

Fumaria parviflora Lam. Encycl. II (1786) 567. Loc. : Panjgur, about 3,100 ft. (no. M 173) ; Khudabadan, 1 mile N of Panjgur, about 3,100 ft. (no. M 180) ; Fl. in March 1918— Fr. in March 1918. Vem. Name : Kankechk (Bal.), Kahurkah ? (Bal.).

Arabissp. prope A. tibeticam H. f. & T. Loc. : Rakhshan river bed at Panjgur, about 3,100 ft. Fl. and fr. in March 1918 (no. 16).

Arabis sp. prope A. purpuream Sibth. & Sm. — Fructus immaturus. Loc. : Khudabodan, } mile N. of Panchgur, about 3,100 ft. (no. 157 B). Fl. and fr. in March 1918. Vern. Name : Grabust (Br. and Bal.).

Barbarea plantaginea DC. Syst. II, 208. Loc. : Rakhshan river bed at Panjgur, about 3,100 ft. (no. 160). Fr. in March 1918.