FLOliA OF PERSIAN BALUCHISTAN AND MAKRAN. 72^ 



FlCOIDE.I^. 



MoUiigo hirta, Thunb. — Vorn. name: Hazar dam. 

 Pors. Hal.: Gataf,— lo. IX, 16. 

 Distribution : All warm regions. 



Umbelliker.t-:. 



Bupleui'um, up. 



Pers. Bal. : Sib,— 18-24. VII, 16. 



Apium yraveolens, L. 



Pers. Makran : Bint, 1,400'— 14. 1, 17. 



Distribution. : Europe, N, Africa to India. 



I'ycnocycla i<pinosa, Dene — Vern. name : Sagi dantan ( = dog's tooth). 



Pors Bal. : Gusht, Mardamani nala and pass, 460U'-7300'— 18. VllI, IH, 

 between Grawan and Kant, i.'0m. S. VV, of Sib — lo. VII, 16 ; Kudani 

 Kaur, E. N. E. of Murti, Bampusht Uange, 3,600'— 27. IX, 16. 



Ferula foetida, Kegel. — Asafoetida. 



Pers. Bal. : Gusht. 42m. N. W. of Dizak, 4,600'— 1-3. VIII, 16 ; 

 Surcha, Paskuh- 22-24. VIll, 16. 



" Unlike the other plants of the same family in Persia which seem to 

 prefer barren plains or arid and exposed hills, the asafoetida is found in 

 sheltered and comparatively damp spots among the mountains. Pot- 

 tinger found it in the vicinity of Nushky, where it is collected 

 by the Baluchis both for export and their own use. As far as 1 could 

 learn, its value either as a condiment, or as an article of commerce is un- 

 known in Western Baluchistan" (St. John in Eastern Persia, Vol, I. 

 (1876) 57). 



JJaucus carota, L. 



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



Distribution : Mediterranean and temperate Asiatic. 



RUBIACE^. 



Jaubertia auchen, Guill. 



Pers, Bal. : Between Chak-i-Khudabakhsh, 28 m. N. W. of Dizak, 4,230*— 

 Gusht, 14 m. further up some valley, 4,600'— 31. Vll, 16. 



Rubia tinctorum, L. 



Pers. Bal. : Gusht, 42 m. N. W. of Dizak, 4,600'— 14. VIII, 16 ; Surchah. 

 Paskuh— 23-24. VllI, 16. 



Distribution : From Kashmir through Sind and Afghanistan to Spain, 

 wild or cultivated. 



DlPSAOB^. 



Scabiosa candolleana, Wall. 



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



Scabiosa sp. prope S. olivieri. 



Pers. Bal. : Gusht, Mardamani nala and pass, 4,600-7,300'— 10. VIII, 16. 



Scabiosa sp. 



Pers. Bal. : Sib— 18-24. VII, 16. 



COMPOSITiE. 



Pha'/nalon nii'eum. Edgew. — Vern. N. : Mor pujhok, 



Pers. Bal. : Sitharo, 21 m. S. E. of Khwash, 4,600'— 9. X, \Q ; Hills 

 between Gazu and Sangun, 25 m. N. W. of Khwash, about 4,500' — X, 16. 



Distribution : Western Himalaya, Baluchistan. 



Inula yrantioides, Boiss. — Vern. N. : Kolmur (Brahui), Kolmir, Kulmir. 

 Pir (Bal.). 



Pers. Makran: Ispikan, 16 m. N. E. of Mand— V, 16; Geh, 1,476'— 21. 

 1,17; Qasrqand, 1,710'— 29. Xll, 16; Ziarat, 29 m. S. of Geh, 500'— 28. 



