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58 THE JOUENAL OF INDIAN BOTANY. 64° 42' E, 1,900-2,200 ft. (no. 266, 266A, 266B). Fl. and fr. in April 1918. Note : The lower joint of the siliqua contains sometimes one seed, each loculus of the upper joint is either seedless or 1-seeded.

Cleome brachycarpa Vahl in DC. Prodr. I. 240. Loc. : Zahren Kahur, 16 miles N. of Pasni, about 200 ft. (no. M 38) ; Eari Dan, 170 miles S. by W. of Kalat, 2,300 ft. (no. 286) ; Korak Pelar, 180 miles S. by W. of Kalat, 1,900 ft, (no. 279). Fl. and fr. in Sept, 1917. Uses : The leaves are said to be crushed in oil and rubbed on the arms, etc., as an embrocation for high fever (Hotson). Vern. Names : Miskok (Bal.), Pawal (Brah.).

Cleome Hotsonii Blatt. it Hall. spec. nov. Herba perennis, basi lignosa, glauca, glaberrima, caulibus gracilibus ascendentibus, 25 cm altis, angulosis. Folia uniformia, elliptica, obtusiuscula, subobliqua, basi subacuta, valde obscure trinervia, carnosa, remote sparsa, infima maiora 25 mm attingentia (petiolo incluso), longepetiolata petiolo gracillimo tertiam vel dimidam partem laminae attingente, superiora minora, floralia (bracteae) minima. Eacemi terminales, pauciflori, laxissimi. Pedicelli patentes fructiferi 8 mm longi, florigeri breviores. Calyx minutissimus, divisus paene ad basim, lobis ovatis, acutis, reticulatim venosis duobus tribus aliis longioribus. Petala 4, longa 7 mm, apice subulata, trinervia. Stamina 6 diversae longitudinis, petalis breviora. Gynophorus, ovarium necnon stylus in nostris speciminibus valde obscura (an rudimentaria ?). Siliqua pendula, linearis, recta, utrimque attenuata, 65 mm longa, 2i mm lata, aliquantulum compressa, membranacea, striata, stipite gracili 4 mm longo, apice cuspidata. Semina disciformia lanata, margine obtusa. This species comes nearest to C. glauca DC, bub is distinguished by the following points : The petioles are much longer, the leaves are elliptic not ovate, the siliqua has a sharp cusp, is longer and narrower. Loc. : Hills near lspikan, about 20 miles NE of Mand, 1,200—1,500 ft. (90, 90 A). Fl. and fr. in March 1918. Vern. Name : Shwanko (Bal.). "The name was given doubtfully" (Hotson).

Maerua crasstfolia Forsk. Fl. Aegypt. Arab. p. 113. Maerua uniflora Vahl. Loc. : Hodal Pass (N. side), about 80 miles S. of Panjgur, 2,200—2,900 ft. (no. M 15 B) ; Nasirabad, 23 miles W. of Turbat, about 400 ft. (no. M 15 B). Common on both side of the Hodal Pass which leads from Kilkaur to Kolwa. Fl. in April 1918. Vern. Name : Jogar (Bal.).

Capparisdecidua Pax in Engl. Prantl Nat. Pflanzenr. 111,2, p. 231. --C. aphylla Roth. Loc. : Jatu Pass (S. side), about 36 miles S. by W. of Panjgur, 3,250 ft., comparatively uncommon in this neighbourhood (no. M 64 A) ; W. side of the Burida Pass, from Bhani