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POPULUS L. 



Populus euphratica Oliv. Voy. Ill, 449, t. 45, 46. — Loc. : Shahdad- 

 zai, 72 miles S. of Kalat, 5,300 ft. (no. 144) ; below Bhani, 131 miles 

 SSW of Kalat, almost 4,000 ft. (no. 206) ; Awwaran, 26° 24' N, 65° 

 12' E, about 1.750 ft. (no. M280). 



Vern. Name : Patk (Bal. and Br.), Bahan (Br. Bal., Sind, etc.). 



Fopulus alba L. Sp. PI. 1034. — Loc. ; Shahdadzai, 72 miles S. of 

 Kalat, 5,100 ft. (no. 146). 



Vern. Name : Ispidar (Br.). 



Orchidaceae. 



Epipactis consimilis Wall. Cat. no. 7403. — Loc. : Near Chambar 

 (no. M 261B) ; Anjiri Kaur, S. of Chambar (Kolwa), about 2,150 ft. (no. 

 M261).— Fl. and Fr! April 1918. 



Iridaceae. 



Gladiolus L. 

 Gladiolus segetum Ker.-Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 719. — Loc. : Panj- 

 gur, about 3,100 ft. (no. M150, M150A) ; Khudabadan, § mile N. of 

 Panjgur, about 3,100 ft. (no. M177F).— Fl. in March 1918. 



Vern. Name : Titmatan (Panjguri Bal.), Sarkok (Zamarani Bal.). 

 Sarkako (Bal.). 



Liliaceae. 



Asparagus L. 



Asparagus capitatus Bah. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XIV, 607. — Loc. : 

 Nal, 27° 41' N, 66° 13' E, about 3,800 ft. (no. 205B) ; Teghab, 107 

 miles S. of Kalat, 4,150 ft. (no. 179) ; Bhani, 131 miles SSW of Kalat, 

 4,000 ft. (no. 205A).— Fl. in Sept. 1917. 



Vern. Name : Avishk (Bal. and Br.), Khakshir (Pers.). 



Asparagus racemosus Willd. Sp. PI. II, 153. — Loc. : Hodal Pass 

 (S. side), about 85 miles S. of Pam'gur, 2,900 to 2,400 ft. (no. M224).— 

 Fl. in April 1918. 



Vern. Name : Kalirkah. 



ASPHODELUS L. 



Asphodelus tenuifolius Cavan. in Ann. Cienc. Nat. Ill, 46, t. 

 27—Iloq. : Under Harboi, 15 miles ESE of Kalat, 8,300 ft. (no. 49D) ; 

 Ghulamani Bent, 23 miles N. of Pasni, about 100 ft. (no. M49) ; 5 

 miles N. of Mand, about 1,000 ft. (no. M49B) ; Turbat, 63° 4' 

 E, 25° 58' N, about 6,000 ft. (no. M49A).— Fl. in Feb. 1918, Fr. in 

 Feb. and March 1918. 



Vern. Name : Serishako (Br.), Pimalo (Bal.). 



EREMURUS Bieberst. 



Eremurus Persicus Boiss. Diagn. VII, 119. — Loc. : Harboi, 18 

 miles ESE of Kalat, 9,000 ft. (no. 49A, 49B).— Fr. in Aug. 1917. 



Uses : The leaves are cut up and boiled with oil and ghi, and 

 eaten as a vegetable. (Hotson). 



Vern. Name : Sirishako (Br.) 



