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Rosaceae 



Prunus L. 

 Prunus brahuica Aitch. and Hemsl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 

 Bot. Ill, 62. Loc. : Near Sitani, 59 miles S of Kalat, 5,300 ft. (no, 

 130). 



Prunus oburnea Aitch. and Hcmsl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 

 Bot. Ill, 62. Loc. : Dokop, 60 miles W of Turbat, about 700 ft. (no. 

 M 15) ; Kaur Dat, 10 miles N of Rekin, about 1,900 ft. (M 15C) ; 

 Harboi, 18 miles ESE of Kalat, 9,000 ft. (no. 20). Uses : Men, 

 animals and birds eat the fruit. 

 Vern. Names : Jogar (Bal., Br.), Mozhmonk (Br.). 



Prunus sp. Loc. : Harboi, 18 miles ESE of Kalat, 9,000 ft. (no. 

 37). Vern. Name : Siahchob. 



Pyrus L. 



Pyrus cordata Desv. Obs. PL Anj. 152. Loc: Panjgur, about 

 3,100 ft. (no. M 153). Fl. in March, 1918. 



Rosa L. 



Rosa anscrinaefolia Boiss. Diagn. ser. 7, VI, 51. Loc. : Harboi, 

 18 miles ESE of Kalat, 9,000 ft. (no. 15). Fl. in August, 1917. 

 Vcm. Name : Atishi Gulab. 



Onagraceae 



Epilobium L. 



Epilobium hirsutum L. Sp. PI. 494. Loc. : Khozdar, 27° 48' N, 

 66° 37' E, about 4,100 ft., near irrigation channels (no. 343). Fl. and 

 fr. in September, 1917. Vern. Name: Sorphul (Bal., Br.). 



Epilobium parviflorum Sehreb. Spic. 146. Loc. : Zidi, 15 miles 

 ESE of Khozdar, about 3,600 ft. (no. 343A). Fl. in September, 1917. 

 Vern. Name : Sorphul (Bal.). 



Epilobium minutiflorum Hausskn. in Oestr. Bot. Zeitschr. XXIX 

 (1879) 55. Loc. : Harboi springs, 18 miles ESE of Kalat, 8,600 ft., 

 (no. 67). Fl. and fr. in August, 1917. Uses : The seeds are soaked to 

 make a sharbot, which is drunk both for pleasure and to cure head 

 aches. Vern. Name : Rush (Br.). 



Cucurbitaceae 



CUCUMIS L. 



Cucumis trigonus Boxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 70. Loc. W. side of 

 Burida Pass, 140 miles SSW of Kalat, under 4,250 ft. (no. 216) ; near 

 Sorki Chah, Pirandar (no. 273). Fl. in August, 1917. 

 Vern. Name : Wal (Br., Bal.). 



Cucumis melo L. Sp. PI. (1753) 1011, var. agrcstis Naud. in Ann. 

 Sci. Nat. ser. 4, XI (1859) 73 and XII, 110. Loc. Las Bela, about 

 700 ft. (no. 324 A) ; Jebri, 247 miles SSW of Kalat, 3,850 ft. (no. 225) ; 

 Garruk, 27 miles N of Ornach, about 3,400 ft. (no. 324) ; Korak 

 (Pelar), 180 miles S by W of Kalat, 1,900 ft. (no. 267). Fl. in August, 



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