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Menispermaceae. 



Cocculus DC. 



Cocculus cebatha DC. Syst. I (1818) 527. Loc. : Kanoti, 47 

 miles N. of Las Bela, about 3,200 ft. (217A) ; W. side of Burida Pass, 

 140 miles SSW of Kalat, below 4,250 ft. (no. 217). " Every time I 

 have seen this plant it has been growing out of a rock and hanging 

 down the face of a cliff." (Hotson). 5-X-17 and 30-VIII-17. Uses : 

 Is reputed to make water cold and to thicken it (Hotson). Vem. 

 Name : Zamor (Bal., Br.). 



Cocculus villosu8 DC. Prodr. I. 98. Loc. : Baran Lak, 28 miles 

 S. of Wad, about 3,900 ft. (no. 380). Fl. in Oct. 1917. 



Berberidaceae. 



Berberis L. 



Berberis Iycium Boyle III 64. Locality not T given. 



Berberis vulgaris L. Sp. PL 472. Loc. : Harboi, 18 miles ESE 

 of Kalat, 9,000 ft. (21A,B,C). Fruit ripening about the time of the 

 wheat harvest in the valleys, say June in these parts or early July. 

 Uses : The small red berries are eaten by men and animals. The 

 roots are boiled and give a decoction good! for fever, especially high 

 fever ; it is said to make the chest " narm ". (Hotson). Vem. 

 Name : Zarch Brah. 



Papaveraceae. 



Hypecoum pendulum L. Sp. PI- 181. Loc. : Khudabadan, £ 

 mile N. of Panjgur, about 3,100 ft. (no. 19l); Garmkan, 1 mile NE 

 of Panjgur, about 3,125 ft. (no. 167). Fl. and fr. in March 1918. 



Fumariaceae. 



FUMARIA'L. 



Fumaria parviflora Lam. Encycl. II (1786) 567. Loc. : Panjgur, 

 about 3,100 ft. (no. M 173) ; Khudabadan, 1 mile N of Panjgur, 

 about 3,100 ft. (no. M 180) ; Fl. in March 1918— Fr. in March 

 1918. Vem. Name : Kankechk (Bal.), Kahurkah ? (Bal.). 



Cruciferae. 



Arabis L. 



Arabissp. prope A. tibeticam H. f. & T. Loc. : Rakhshan river 

 bed at Panjgur, about 3,100 ft. Fl. and fr. in March 1918 (no. 16). 



Arabis sp. prope A. purpuream Sibth. & Sm. — Fructus imma- 

 turus. Loc. : Khudabodan, } mile N. of Panchgur, about 3,100 ft. 

 (no. 157 B). Fl. and fr. in March 1918. Vern. Name : Grabust (Br. 

 and Bal.). 



Barbarea E.Br. 



Barbarea plantaginea DC. Syst. II, 208. Loc. : Rakhshan river 

 bed at Panjgur, about 3,100 ft. (no. 160). Fr. in March 1918. 



