1919.] Notes on the Vegetation of Seistan. 283 
e of the commonest cultivated trees in the country. It 
never peor a large size, and usually grows along water- 
courses 
15. Populus, Linn. 
19. P. euphratica, Oliv. € Br. Ind. v, 638; Boiss. FI. 
Or. iv, 1194; Musch. Fl. Egypt, i, 243. 
Loc.—Nasratabad (Nasirabad), Seistan, No. 14; alt. 1,600’. 
Local name.—Pada | in Steingasse’s Persian Dictionary. 
Eng. Poplar 
Distrib, —Punja ab, Sindh, Western Tibet, Western and 
Central Asia, and westward to Syria and Egypt. 
After Salix aeons perhaps the commonest cultivated 
tree in the country 
X. CHENOPODIACEAE. 
16. Halostachys, C. A. Mey. 
20. H. caspica, Cc. A. Mey. Boiss. FI. Or. iv, 935. 
Loc.—Lab-i-Baring, No. 24; alt. 1,600’ 
Local name.—Pich 
Distrib.—South ‘tat Aline Russia, and Western Middle 
Asia 
A large bush. Eaten by camels, sheep, etc. 
27; Halocnemum, Bieb. 
2). >, promea (Pall.), M. Bieb. Boiss. Fl. Or. iv, 
936 ; Posen Fl. Egypt, 
—Lab-i- -Baring, No. 61; alt. 1,600’. 
bs seirib. —Southern Russia in Europe, Central and Western 
Asia, and North Africa. 
Forms scrubby patches. 
18. Suaeda, Forsk. 
22. Suaeda, sp. 
It has ie habit of S. popes having short, loose and 
leafy spikes, not terminal panicles. 
Loc.—Lutak, No. 
Local name.—) > - eet 
Eaten by camels. 
. fruticosa, Forsk. Fl. Br. Ind. v, 13; Boiss. Fl. Or. 
23. 
iv, 939; Musch. Fl. E t, i, 289. 
Lee. —Hurmuk, + ete near Lutak in Seistan, No. 84; 
alt. 1,700’. 
