1919. ] Notes on the Vegetation of Seistan. 285 
A curious plant with densely coe ene 
L -Baring, No. 38; 600’. 
A densely hairy plant. It forms ian clumps in the stony 
desert. — perianth wings at first white, then fading to 
straw colou 
20. Haloxylon, Bunge. 
31. H. salicornicum, Bunge. FI. Br. Ind. v, 16; Boiss. 
Fl. Or. iv, 949 
Loc.—Between Lutak and Girdi, No. 
Distrib.—Sindh, Afghanistan, en and Persia. 
Grows as a large bush or small tree in gravelly soil. 
21. Anabasis, Linn. 
32. A. setifera, Mog. Fl. Br. Tad. v, 19; Boiss. Fl. Or. 
iv, 970; Musch. Fl. Egypt, i, 301. 
Loc.—Lab-i-Barin ring, Now 23 and 59; alt. 1,600’. 
Distrib.—Middle Persia, Syria, Palestine to Egypt. In 
India found in the Punjab. 
Glaucous green. Grows on stony ground, forming -small 
bushes with very hard woody stalk. 
odder for camels. 
33. A. setifera, Mogq., /.c 
These plants have a hie. stem and the deciduous bristles 
at the tips of leaves have probably ore off. 
Loc.—Lab-i-Baring, No. 47 3 alt. 1,600’. 
mage name. Bid ace: aes Silty 
Fe lag tor object from afar. When it grows in stony desert 
it looks dull green. 
It is used for cleaning white cloth. The plant is first 
dried, then powdered and made into a paste with water and 
boiled with the cloth. It has a strong foetid smell. 
34. A, sp. 
Loc.—Harmuk, No. 8; alt. 2,000’ 
In stony desert. Fruiting perianth wings dull red. 
22. Cornulaca, Del. 
35. Cc. monacantha, Del. Boiss. Fl. Or. iv, 984; Musch. 
Fl. Egypt, i, 302. 
Loc.—Lab-i-Ba aring, Nos. 54 and 55, alt. 1,600’; also 
Makki, Afghan-Baluch Frontier, No. 92: alt. 2, 500’. 
Distrib. —Afghanistan, Middle Persia, and Egypt. 
In the stony desert. The plant forms small clumps of 
