308 APPENDIX TO THE ‘SPICILEGIA GORGONEA.’ 
and euttings from a superior kind of Pomegranate would probably 
produce good fruit in most parts of the sub-tropical zone. It does 
not seem to succeed in the tropics; but perhaps the only eatable 
variety, that with abundant red pulp and soft seeds free from gritti- 
ness, has never been introduced. The Pomegranates of Jellalabad are 
proverbially excellent, in latitude 34? 25', at a height of 2,000 feet, 
below the snow region, and in the lower region, as denoted by the 
Calotropis procera, Rhazya stricta, ZErua lanata, and Zizyphus Jujuba. 
Equally good are the Pomegranates of Kirani, near Quetta, at a 
height of 5,700 feet, in latitude 30°, where snow is plentiful, and the 
winter very severe. The Pomegranate grows both at Kabul and Kelat, 
but its fruit is not esteemed. It is said that there are first-rate Pome- 
granates, red-seeded and pulpy, at Jodpoor in Marwar, in latitude 26°, 
at the edge of the Great and Little Deserts, in a sandy soil whose cha- 
racteristie plant is Acacia Arabica; and it is well known that the - 
Pomegranates of Mekran, and of the hot countries bordering the Per- 
sian Gulf, are first-rate in quality. Very excellent, also, are the red 
Pomegranates of Khozdar in Beloochistan, in 28°, at a height of 4,000 
feet, and just out of the upper or snow region. The disparity in di- 
mate between Kirani near Quetta and the hot countries bordering the 
Persian Gulf, must be great indeed; for vast is the difference between 
Kirani and Khozdar, or Kirani and Jellalabad, or Kirani and Jodpoor, 
or Kirani and Mekran. Yet in all grows the Pomegranate called Bé- 
daná, or seedless, with abundant red pulp, and seeds free from grit- 
tiness. But I dare say you would sooner have the tangible evidences 
of the nature of the Beloochistan Flora than a mere account, —sooner 
have the plants between paper than on paper.: So I will set to work 
at once and arrange them, so as to send them off as soon as the port 
‘of Kurrachee opens after the monsoon. 
Appendix to the * SPICILEGIA GORGONEA, published in the * FLORA 9r. 
THE Nicer EXPEDITION’; dy P. B. Wess, Esa. 
Since the publication of the Niger Flora, a French naturalist, 
M. Bocandé, has sent to Europe a considerable herbarium from the 
Er Cape de Verd Islands. It is much to be regretted that these plants, 
colleeted originally with great care and judgment, were utterly neg- 
