288 MESSRS. LACE AND HEMSLEY ON THE 
Borbalo by Ruprecht at 10,000 ft.; the variety REMOTA, Hack., 
reaches in Afghanistan the altitude of 14,500 ft. (Boissier). 
Festuca RUBRA, Linn., subsp. YIOLACEA, Hack., at Küp-göl 
attains the height of 30 em. [112 in.]. 
Bromus Erectus, Huds. Only from Bingöl-dagh and from 
Sawalan at 10,000 ft. 
Bromus VARIEGATUS, Bieb., var. PUBESCENS, Trautv., I found 
at Küp-göl, on 9/21 August, 1871, at 11,000 ft., 30 em. [113 in. | 
in height. 
A Sketch of the Vegetation of British Baluchistan, with 
Descriptions of New Species. By J. H. Lcr, Esq. 
F.L.S., Deputy Conran of Forests in India, assisted by 
W. Borrisa Hemstéy, F.R.S., A.L.S., Principal Assistant 
at the Herbarium, Royal Gardens, Kew. 
[Read 14th December, 1890. | 
(Prates XXXVIIL-XLI. & Mar.) 
INTRODUCTION. 
Wue stationed in Baluchistan, my attention was drawn by 
Dr. G. Watt, C.I.E., to the fact that the Flora of the country 
was incompletely known, and in consequence I endeavoured to 
make as complete a collection of the plants as possible, which, 
though commenced on a small scale in 1885, was chiefly carried 
out during 1887 and 1888. I now propose to lay before 
the Society an account of the collection; but before entering 
into the subject of the composition of the vegetation, it will be 
well to say afew words regarding the geography, physical features, 
and climate of the country. 
The districts of Sibi and Peshin were ceded to the British in 
1879 by the Treaty of Gandamak, and were first of all known as 
the Assigned Districts of Southern Afghanistan, but now the 
whole country included in the Baluchistan Agency is called 
British Baluchistan, and of this the Bolan and Quetta valleys 
alone form part of Baluchistan proper, and for the occupation of 
these latter districts rent is paid to the Khan of Kelat. The 
