1919.] Notes on the Vegetation of Seistan. 293 
Loc.—Lab-i-Baring, No. 40; alt. 1,600’. 
Local name.—Zir-i-ki,i sir? J). 
E igaihet —Arabia, Palestine, Egypt and the Mediterranean 
Poel clumps about a foot high in the stony desert. 
VII. Systematic List or Fopner-PLants Pony as: IN 
SEIstan BY Mayor F. W. THom 
POLYGONACEAE. 
Calligonum, Linn. 
Le Do ha ape Linn. Fl. Br. Ind. v, 22; Boiss. 
Fl. Or. iv, 1000. 
Major Thomas, Nos. vii and xxvii. 
Local name.—Phog ; Narainjar. 
Distrib.—From Sindh to Punjab, Persia, Armenia and 
ia. 
A good fodder when green. 
Pteropyrum, Jaub and Spach. 
ae mgcmage cae and Spach. Fl. Br. Ind. v, 23; 
Boiss. Fl. Or. iv, 
No. iv. 
ocal name.—Karwan Kuch. 
Distrib.—Sindh, Afghanistan and Persi 
Reckoned as a fair fodder. It is ala by the Beluch 
name Karwan Kuch or the Killer of Caravans because it is 
said that a caravan once tried in the winter at Wad to light a 
fire of this wood and failing perished of cold. 
CHENOPODIACEAE. 
Atriplex, Tournef. 
A. faa C. A. Mey. Fl. Br. Ind. v, 6; Boiss. 
Fl. Aa iv, 
No. xxii. 
ocal name.—Loree chak. 
Distrib.—North-Western India, Afghanistan, Turkestan, 
gree per to the Altai Mountains. 
A good fo 
‘4%, calably S. fruticosa, Forsk. Joc. cit. 
Lani. 
na — 
Used as fodder. 
5. . de pegs Del. loc. cit. 
No. 
