288 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XV 
istrib—From Punjab to Western Peninsula in India, 
Peedi Baluchistan, and Persia. 
orms small clumps not more than six inches high in 
gsm Ler 
P. Stephaniana, Kunth. FI. Br. Ind. ii, 288; 
Fi. Reg ii, 633; Musch. Fl. Egypt, i, 456. 
Loe —Kila-i-Rustam, No. 91; alt. 1,700’. 
Distrib.—Punjab, Afghanistan, Western Asia to Turkestan. 
Forms small bushes among ruin 
Boiss. 
Sub-Order Papilionaceae. 
32. Astragalus, Linn. 
46. A. gerensis, Boiss. Boiss. Fl. Or. ii, 300. 
Loc. —Lab-i-Baring, wtoa el alt. 1,600’. 
Mr. Hughes-Buller observed 
aze on and people eat the seeds of the 
(Burkill’s Pivecting Fianss of Baluchistan, 24). 
47. A. sp. or Travern 
Loc.—Lab-i- ‘Baring, No. 67: “alt. 1,6 
Forms compact clumps in stony ee Mostly dead with 
a few green shoots 
33. Alhagi, Tournf. 
48. A. camelorum, ponoe “Peon FI. Or. ii, 559. 
Loc.—Lutak, Seistan, No. 
Local name.—Khar )\4, ari Camelthorn. 
zstrib. — Afghanistan, Baluchistan and from Persia to the 
Coapiad Foy con 
crane plant in the immediate neighbourhood of 
ieviented land. Eaten by camels, ete 
XV. ZyYGorHyYLLAcEAR. 
34. Fagonia, Tournf. 
49. F. Bruguieri, DC. Fl. Br. Ind. i, 425; Boiss. Fl. 
Or. i, 905 ; Musch. FI. Egypt, i, 581. 
kbs b-i-Baring, No. 48 : alt. 1,600’. 
Local name.—Khari kui ostss yhs. 
Distrib —North-west re Praeietdr vs to Algeria. 
Grows flat in stony des It is eaten by goats and 
camels, Tt i is often infested with galls. 
35. Zygophyllum, Linn. 
50. Z. atriplicoides, Fisch et Mey. Boiss. Fl. Or. i, 911 
Loc.—Lab-i-Baring, No. 72 ; alt. 1,600’. 
