134 BOTANY OF BALUCH-AFGHAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION, 1896. 
parasitic on Sali^dora oleoides and that there the flowers are golden- 
yellow. 
LABIATiE. 
27. Mentha arvensis Linn. FL Orient,^ iv, 544; / 7 . Brit, ind.^ 
iv, 648. 
Lijji-Karez, 2,400 feet, along the stream ; Lon. 64^50* E., 
Maynard, In gorge at Gargarok, 4,500 feet; Lon. 64°! 5' E., 
Maynard, 
Mentha sylvesirts^ w^hich might well haveJbeen expected to occur^ 
was not once met with throughout the Mission ; on the other 
hand, the present species apparently was never met with by Mr. Lace 
In Eastern Bal^histan. 
28. Salvia macrosiphon Boiss., var, Kotschyi, Boiss. Fl> 
Orient »y iv, 615. 
Gargarok, 4,500 feet ; Lon. 64®! 5' E,, Maynard. 
The specimen agrees exactly with Stocks n. 709 which is identi- 
fied as above by M. Boissier himself.- The same plant, it should be 
added, is issued by Messrs, Hemsley and Lace as identical with 
,S, Sclarea Linn ; this the writer can hardly bring himself to admit. 
ILLECEBRACEiE. 
29. COMETES SURATTENSIS Linn. FL Orient.^ i, 753 ; Fl, Brit, 
Ind.y iv, 712. 
Saindak, on fossil mounds, 3,000 feet ; Lon. 61^40' E., Maynard. 
30. GymnOCARPOS DECANDRUM Forsk. G. fruticosumVQvs. Ft. 
Orient.^ i, 748. 
Desert near Gazechah, 2,500 feet ; Lon, 64°5o' E., Maynard, 
Used as a camel-fodder. 
AMARANTACE^. 
31. Aerua JAVANICA Juss. Fl, Orient.^ iv; FL Brit. Ind,^ iv, 
727 - 
Hill 8 miles west of Gazechah, 6,000 feet ; Lon. 64^50' E., Webb- 
Ware, 
CHENOPODIACEiE. 
32. CheNOLEA ERIOPHORA Aitch. & Hemsl. Kochia latifolia 
Fresen. FL Orient.^ iv, 927. 
Desert near Gazechah, 2,500 feet; Lon. 64®5o', Maynard, 
Hill 8 miles west of Gazechah, 6,000 feet ; Lon. 64^50', Webb. Ware, 
Covered with fine wool, white on surface, beautifully tinted with 
lake underneath. The wool becomes greyish-brown when the plant 
is dried. 
