FLOliA OF PERSIAN BALUCHISTAN AND MAKIiAN. 7.'!l 



Primulaoe.k. 



Anaf/allis arrcnsix, L. 



Pers. Bell. : Uusht— 1. VUl,' IG. 



Anagallis arveiistK L. rar. caeiulea {=A. caerulea, Lam.). 



Pers. Makran: Geh, l,6o0'— 4- I, 17. 



Distribution of the species : Europe, Western Asia, introduced into 

 most temperate regions. 



Samolus ralcintt'/i, L. 



Pers. Bal. : Gusht— 16, VlIT, 16. 



Distribution : From the Western Himalaya westwards, most temperate 

 regions. 



Oleace2E. 



Olea cuspidata, Wall. — Vern. name : Hath. 



Pers. lial. : Maindar on N. slopes of Hampusht liaiige, 4,500', on the 

 highest parts of the range both N. and S. of the crest. Said to grow into a 

 big tree.- L>3. IX, 16. 



Uses : The wood is very hard and makes good charcoal (Hotson). 



Distribution ; N. W. Himalaya, Cabul, Baluchistan. 



Salvadorace^. 



Salvadora oleoides, Dene. — Vern. name : Pir (Bal., W. Makrani), Kabad 

 (Brahui), Kabar (Kech Makrani, etc.). 



Pers. Bal : Kalgar Pass, Bampusht Eange, up to about 3,500', very 

 common up to about 3,000'. 



Distribution : Punjab, Rajputana, Sind, Baluchistan, Arabia. 



Apocynace^. 



Nenum odorum, Solaud. — Vern. name : Jaur. 



Pers. Bal. : Kalgar Pass, Bampusht Range, common wherever land has 

 gone out of cultivation (Hotson) — 17.»IX, 16. 



Distribution : Baluchistan, Afghanistan, India, Japan. 



Rhazya sineta, Dene. — Vern. name: Hezhwary, Herhwar. 



Pers. Bal : Chah-i-Khudabakhsh, 28 m. N. W. of Dizak, 4,230'— 30. 

 VII, 16 ; common wherever laud has gone out of cultivation. 



Pers. Makran: Pugunzai Daf, 15 m. from Geh, 1,850' — 4. 1,17; Geh, 

 1,476'— 21. I, 17. 



Distribution : India, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Arabia. 



Note: Cooke (Fl. Bomb. Pres. II, ]3U) says that the bracts are pubes- 

 cent and ciliate. In our specimens thej' are quite glabrous. 



ASCLEPIADACE^. 



TylopTiora tenuis, Bl. 



Ispid Zamin— 1. VIII, 16. 



Distribution : India, Java, Borneo. 



Penploca aphylla, Dene. 



Brit. Makran.— 12 and 14. VII, 16. 



Distribution ; Punjab, Sind, Afghanistan, Persia, Arabia, Nubia. 



Calotropis procera, R. Br. — Vern. name : Kurag (Bal.), Kark, Ak, Ank, 

 Akda, etc. 



Pers. Makran: Geh, 1,476', throughout Makran in suitable ground — 21. 

 I, 17. 



Pers. Bal. : Kunarbast, 22 m. W. of Kuhak, 3,600', seen in flower all over 

 Bampusht and the North side of the Mashkil — 5. X, 16. 



Tijucerosia auckericina. Dcno. — Vern. name: Marmot. 



