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(Bal.), Molido (Bal.), Sor (Br.), Simsur (Bal. Br.). Flowers rose- 

 purple or pink. 



Reaumuria hypericoides Willd. Sp. II. 1250. Loc. : Shireza 

 Patk (Kharan), 27° 46' N, 65 c 37' E, about 4,900 ft. (no. M 32 C) ; 

 Kuchkan, about 17 miles SSW of Panjgur, about 2,900 ft. (no. M 139, 

 M 139A) ; Garrok, 27 miles N. of Ornach, about 3,400 ft. (no. 327) ; 

 Mitasing, about 17 miles ESE of Panjgur, about 4,000 ft. (no. 27 D). 

 Fl. in March and April 1918. Fr. in March 1918, June 1918, 

 Sept. 1917. Vern. Navies : Kohalok (Bal.), Sorag, Sorago (Bal. Br.). 

 The flowers are pink. 



Reaumuria paojgurica Blatt. <(; Hall. spec. nov. (Prope R. Bil- 

 lardieri J. & S.) Frutex humilis, ramosissimus a basi, glaucus, 

 glaberrimus ca 25 cm. altus. Cortex radicis necnon ramorum veterum 

 brunneum, exfolians, ramorum juniorum albidum, scabrido-muricu- 

 latum. Folia ca. 10 mm longa, 5 mm lata, plana, coriacea, obovato- 

 elliptica vel oblonga, vel linearia-oblonga vel subspathulata, apice 

 generatim rotundato-obtusa, superiora interdum apice subacuta. 

 Flores laxe paniculati, in axillis solitarii ramos breves terminantes. 

 Rami florales interdum foliis parvis linearibus vestiti. Bracteae 

 calyce multo longiores, lineares-spathulatae, subobtusae. Calyx 

 5-partitus ad medium, subcampanulatus, lobis ovatis-subacutis (non 

 acuminatis), basi subcordatis, coriaceis, anguste scariosis margine. 

 Petala calyce plus duplo longiora, lanceolata-subulata, 10 mm longa, 

 3 mm lata, basi utrinque squama triangulari-oblonga semiadnata, 

 margine superiore fimbriato. Stamina numerosa in phalanges 5 

 petalis oppositas basi connata. Capsula coriacea valvis 5 oblongo- 

 acuminatis, multinerviis, 8 mm longis, 2 mm latis. Semina pauca, 

 undique longe-pilosa, pilis seminibus longioribus. Loc. : Panjgur, 

 about 8,500 ft. (no. 32 1 ), growing on dry ground. Fl. and fr. in 

 May 1918. 



Malvaceae. 



Malva L. 



Malva rotundifolia L. Sp. PL {1753)688. Loc. : Kalat, about 

 6,350 ft. (no. M 134 B) ; spring on Harboi, 19 miles ESE of Kalat, 

 8,800 ft. (no. 78) ; near Bazdad, 25 miles E. of Chambar (Kolwa), 

 about 1,850 ft. (no. M 134 B) ; Kochau 122 miles SSW of Kalat 4,175 

 ft. (no. 78A). Fl. and fr. in March 1918, July 1918. Uses : Ground 

 up, soaked in water, mixed with sweetmeat and drunk. At once 

 relieves retention of urine. Of the fruit an ointment is made for 

 the chest in cases of " dik ", a dangerous illness. Vern. Names : 

 Utper (Br.), Gwarag Pad (Bal.), Pochako. 



Althaea L. 



Althaea Ludwigii L. Mantiss. (1767) 98. Loc. : Mohtaji Kand, 

 about 22 miles SW of Panjgur, about 2,800 ft. (no. M 134, M 138) ; 

 Harbud, about 55 miles E. of Panjgur about 3,750 ft. (no. M. 311, 

 M 311 A). Fl. and fr. in March and April 1918. Vern. Names : 

 Utper ( = camel's foot) (Br.), Pochako (Panjguri Bal J Gwarag Pad 

 ( = crow's foot) (Kechi Bal.), Nampacho (Panjguri Bal.), Baharo (Bal.), 



