f 



ILORA OF I'FlifilAX liALUCHLSTAN AND MAKRAN. 7i'7 



I'ses : Camels oat the plant, excellent sheep grazing, men eat the roots 

 which are said to be very strengthening."' (Hotson). 



Distribution : S. Persia. 



yote: Baker, in Hook f. Fl. Brit. Ind., II, 140, has iniited this species 

 with Tareniicra nummnlaria, DC, but without suliicient reason. A careful 

 study of t. (52 iu Jaub. and Spach 111. with the correspondnig description 

 will show that T. ephedroidea must be retained as a distinct species. Hotson 

 has collected specimens representing both species, and it is not ditticult t" 

 «listing»iish the two. 



Tatentina numyuularia, DC. — Vern. name. : Lati, Lanti, Latug (Bal.), 

 Shinzok (Bal. and Brah). 



Pers. Makran : Ziarat, 29 m. S. of Geh, 500', very widely spread— 28. I, 

 17; Geh, 1.17G'— 22. I, 17. Persian Baluchistan: Gantaf, 46 m. S. E. of 

 ^5ib — lo. ix, 16. On the borders between Persian and Brit. Makran: 

 Purchiuan Daf, Nihing river. 2,200'— 20. IX, 16. 



Uses : '• Very favourite camel grazing*' (Hotson). 



Distribution: S. Persia, Baluchistan, Sind, Punjab. (We are not able t<> 

 say whether Baker's " Afghanistan, Orient" refers to this species or T. 

 phcdioidea] . 



Al/tttf/i cameloi'um, Fisch. 



Pers. Bal. : Grawan to Kant — 15. VII, 16. 



Distribution : India, Baluchistan, Arabia, Egypt. 



Desmodium iii//uetru}>i, DC. 



Persian Makran: Hong, 29. VI, 16. 



Distribution India, China, Philippines, Seychelles. The distribution of this 

 species seems to be rather erratic. 



J)esm<)diuy,i trijtorum, DC. 



Pers. Makran. : Hong, 29. VI, 16. 



Distribution : Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



I'^icia anyustifolia, lloth. 



Pers. Makran : Geh, 1,476', in damp places — 21. I, 17. 



Distribution : Europe, Orient, India. 



Note: Baker (in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind., II, 178) has reduced Roth's T. 

 anf/ustifolia to a variety of V. mtiva, L. The dwarf difl'use habit of the 

 plant, the shorter leaflets, the lower leaves deeply emarginate at the apex, 

 and the smaller flowers and pod seem to be suflicient reason for retaining 

 J', ariffustifvlia as a distinct species. 



Lathyrua aphaca, L. ^ 



Pers. Makran: Geh, 1,476', appears to be sprinkled round the edges of 

 bean fields chieflj^ — 21, I, 17. 



Distribution : Europe, Orient, Abyssinia, Mesopotamia, India. 



Teramnus, sp. 



Pers. Bal.: Suran, 24 m. E. N. E. of Parah, 2,800'— 10. XII, 16. 



J)alber(/ia sissou, Roxb. — Vern. name : Jak (Bal.). 



Pers. Makran: Tankh-i-Sirha, 27 m. N. N. W. of Geh.— 19. I, 17. 



Pers. Baluchistan : Kunarbasht, 22 m. W. of Kuhak, 3,600'— 5. X, 16. 

 Distribution : India, Baluchistan, Afghanistan. 



Sojihora f/rijfithii, Stocks. — Vern. name: Shahkistar, iShahkastir, Shampa- 

 shtir. 



Pers. Bal. : Near Gatab, 46 m. S. E. of Sib— 16. IX, 16 ; Maindar on 

 X slopes of Bampusht Range. 



Distribution : Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Persia. 



Prosopis stephaniana, Kuuth. — Pers. Baluch. : Between Grawan and Kant, 

 20 m. S. W. of Sib.— 15. VII, 16. 



Distribution : Gujarat, Punjab, Afghanistan, Caucasus, Orient. 



Prosopis i^inciijcra, L. — Vern. name : Kahur. 



