BOTANY OF BALUCH-AFGHAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION, 1896. 133 
APOCYNE^. 
22. RhaZYA stricTA Dene. FL Orient,^ iv, 46 ; FL Brit, Ind,, 
iii, 640, 
Western slope of the Sarlat range, 3,500 feet ; Lon. 65^59' E., 
Capt. H, F, Walters, 
A deadly poison which, however, the camels know to avoid. 
The Oleander (Neriufn odorum)^ a member of the same natural 
family, was seen occasionally during the early marches, but was not 
collected. The Oleander is an equally deadly poison and possesses 
the disadvantage that camels can never be taught to avoid it, though 
donkeys can. 
RORAGINE^. 
23. Heliotropium Eichwaldi Steud. FI, Orient, y iv, 13 1 : FI. 
Brit, Ind,y iv, 148. 
Saindak, ; Lon. 6i°40 E., Maynard, 
SOLANACEiE. 
24. LyCIUM barbarum Linn. FI, Orient,^ iv, 289 ; FI, Brit, 
Ind,y iv, 241. 
Gargarok, 4,500 feet; Lon. 64^15' E., Maynard, 
25. Hyoscyamus muticus Linn. FI, Orient, y iv, 293 ; FI, Brit- 
Ind,y iv, 245. 
Kacha; edges of streams at 3,300 feet; Lon. 6i°2o' E, ; corolla 
lavender with claret-colured markings,” M aynard. 
This species was not obtained by Aitchison <^ring the Afghan 
Delimitation Commission of 1884-85, nor has it been collected in 
Eastern Baluchistan by Lace. In the area examined by Lace, H, 
reticulatus occupies similar situations and appears to be the repre- 
sentative of this species. 
OROBANCHEiE. 
26. CiSTANCHE TUBULOSA Wight. FL Brit, Ind.y iv, 324. 
Phelipcea tuhuldsa Boiss. FI, Orient-y iv, 500, 
Between Chandan Band and Ziarat Syed Mohmund, 3,000 feet ; 
Lon. 65°3 o' E., Maynard, Desert near Gazechab, 2,500 feet ; Lon, 
64^50' E., Maynard, 
Only about six inches of the flowering portion of the stem of this 
plant appears aboveground ; the underground part is sometimes 
2 or 3 feet in length. The flowers are sweet-scented, the older flowers 
purple, the younger yellow. The plant on which it is parasitic was 
not ascertained. Lace flnds that on the plains^ at Sibi this is 
