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CON'JTvlBUTlOXS TOWARDS A FLORA OF PEUSEAN 

 BAI.UrillSTAN AND MAKllAN. 



KUnM MATERIALvS SIPPLIKK T.V CaI'T. J. E. B. HoTSON, I.A.K.O. 



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E. Blattek, S. J. AND Pkof. F. Hallreuu. 



Capt. J. E. B. Hotsou has been sending considerable colloctiona of plants 

 from Persian Baluchistan and Makran and from British Bahichistan to our 

 Society. Those from the Persian part of Makran and Baluchistan furnish 

 the materials for this paper. A ver}-^ small number from British Makran 

 have been included, as they were collected during the same journe^'^ and 

 were found almost on the borders of Persia. 



The area in which the plants have been gathered lies between 25° and 28° 

 .'?o' N. Lat. and between 60° and Oo^ .'50' E. Long. In order to facilitate 

 the finding of localities on the map, we give the geographical position of the 

 more important places : 



For the physical geography and geology of Persian Baluchistan we refer 

 to " Eastern Persia, an account of the journeys of the Persian Boundary 

 Commission, 1870-71-72." The two volumes were published by the autho- 

 rity of the Government of India in 1876. V"ol. 1 contahis the " Geography 

 with narratives by Majors St. John, Lovett, and Evan Smith,'" whilst in 

 Vol. II W. T. Blanford gives an account of the zoology and geology. 



PiAXUNCULACE/^. 



Ranunculus sp. (mat. insuff.). — Vern. name : Sanchal (information from 

 I'unjabi sepoy). 



Pers. Bal. : Champ, 60 m. N. N. W. of Quasrqand, 4,000',— 23. XII, 16; 

 Pers. Makran: Geh, 1,500',— 10. I. 17. 



Ranuncuhit -^p. (mat. insuff.). 



Pers. Bal.: Bint, 1,400',— 15. 1, 17. 



FrMiRlACE.^. 



Fuiiiatia parvijloru, Lam. 



Pers. Bal. : Bint, 1,400', -18. I, 17. 



Distribution : Temperate regions of the Old World. 



