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HALOXYLON SALICORNICUM, Bunge; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 949. 
Northern Baluchistan: 55, October 8, 9, 1885. А low shrub, in some quantity at 
Sha-ismail, in the desert. 
SALSOLA FGTIDA, Del. ?; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 961. 
Northern Baluchistan: 24, Sept. 29, 30, 1885; Hari-rud valley: 720, July 26, 27, 
1885. Native names: Shora, Shorag. A spreading bush over four feet in height, that 
oecurs more or less frequently from Baluchistan to the valley of the Hari-rud and into 
Khorasan. One of the forms of soda called Ishkhar. Кат, а coarse barilla, is said to be 
obtained from this shrub by burning. From this plant in Baluchistan I collected a kind 
of manna, which the natives called Shakar, not specially identifying it. 
SarsoLA Karr, Linn.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 954. 
Northern Baluchistan: Oct. 14, 1884; Hari-rud valley: 729, July 27, 1885. Very 
common over the whole country, frequently as a large spreading bush. 
SALSOLA RIGIDA, Pallas; Boiss. Fl. Or. ii. p. 962. | 
°— Hari-rud valley: 613, June 6, 1885. Very common on the gravelly plains. 
SALSOLA AURICULA, Moq.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 958. 
Hari-rud valley : 600, June 4, 1885; 716, July 26, 1885. Scattered singly and sparsely 
over the sandy and clayey plains, and remarkable for the deep olive-green colour of its 
foliage, and orange to light purple flowers. 
SALSOLA ARBUSCULA, Pall.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 960. 
Northern Baluchistan: 14, Sept. 29; 53, Oct. 8, 1884. Native names: JVarruk, Ran- 
duk, Randu. А very characteristic shrub of the desert country, as much as 4 feet in 
height. Camels are very fond of it; and the natives employ it in preparing the skins 
for their water-bottles. 
SALSOLA SUBAPHYLLA, C. A. Mey.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 959. 
Hari-rud valley : 717, July 26, 1885. Common in saline soil. А leafless olive-green 
shrub up to four feet in height; branches very stiff and densely interlaced. 
SALSOLA, sp. affinis S. carinate, C. А. Mey.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 955. : 
Hari-rud valley: 733, July 27, 28, 1885. А shrub about a foot in height, with a soft 
spongy mass of spreading branches, forming a bush of about four feet across. Flowers 
pink. 
SALSOLJE, spp. 2. 
Baluchistan : 1108, Oct.; 56, Oct. 9, 1884. 
Мовл SPINOSISSIMA, Moq.; Boiss. Fl. Or. iv. p. 965. | 
Khorasan: 809, August 24, 1885. Grows in the form of a dense spinous ball, from 
the interlacement of its branches. Flowers orange. 
