CONTRIBUTIONS : A FLORA OF BALUCHISTAN. 5V
Sisymbrium All.
Sisymbrium Sophia L. Sp. PI. 922. Loc. : Khudabadan, mile N. of Panjgur, about 3,100 feet (no. M. 181), Kalat, about 6,350 ft. (no. 395). Fl. and fr. in March 1918, Fr. in July 1918, at the higher locality. Vern. Name : Kahurkah ( ? Bal.).
Sisymbrium thalianum Gay & Monn. in Gaud. Hcly. IV. 348. Loc. : Nagak (W. Kolwa), about 87 miles E. by N. of Turbat, about 2,400 ft. (no. 138 A). Fr. in April 1918. Vern. Name: Baharo (probably wrong according to Hotson).
Brassica L.
Brassica campestris L. Loc. : Nal, 27° 41' N, 66° 13' E, 3,834 ft., probably only from au accidentally dropped seed, a mile or more from any water in a barren stony plain (no. 337). Fl. in September 1917. Vern. Name: Mashna Muli (Brah.)
ERUCA DC.
Eruca sativa Lam. Fl. Fr. II. 496. Loc. not given. Fl. and fr. in August 1917.
Capsella DC.
Capsella bursa pastoris Moench. Meth. 271. Loc. : Rakhsban river bed at Panjgur, about 3,100 ft. (no. 115 A), growing in a dry stony river bed. Vern. Name : Halaku (Bal.).
Lepidium L.
Lepidium draba L. Sp. Pi. 645. Loc : Mazarjuh, about 28° 11' N, 69° 2' E, about 5,200 ft., found among wheat stubble (no. 157 E) ; Teghab, 107 miles S. of Kalat, about 4,150 ft. (no. 184) ; Panjgur, about 3,100 ft (no. M 157) ; Harbud (no. 157 C) ; Kochau, 122 miles SSW of Kalat, 4,150 ft. (no. 184 A) ; Harbud in Gichk, about 55 miles E. of Panjagur, about 3,700 ft. (no. 157 C). Fl. in March and April 1918. Uses: Cooked and eaten like " palak " or spinach Vern- Name : Garbust (Bal. Br.). " Garbust seems to be a general name for various edible plants with little else in common." (Hotson).
Lepidium propinquum F. & M. in Hohen. Talysch Enum. 142. var. auriculatum Boiss. Fl. Or. I, 357. Loc. not given. Fl. in Aug. 1917.
Lepidium sp. Loc. : Hazarganji, 27° 28' N, 66° 12' E, about 3,600 ft. (no. 184 B). Vern. Name : Garbust (Bal. Br.).
ISATis L.
Isatis latisiliqua Stev. Mem. Mosq. Ill (1812) 267. Loc. : Mitasing, about 17 miles ESE of Panjgur, about 4,000 ft. (no. 318, 318A). Fl. and fr. in April 1918. Vern. Name : Karkikah (Bal.).
Isatis minima Bunqe Del. Sem. Rort. Dorp. (1843) 7. Loc. : Harbud, about 55 miles E. of Panjgur, about 3,700 ft. (no. M 312). Fl. and fr. in April 1918. Vern. Name : Khulif (Br.).
Physorhynchus Hook.
Physorhynchus brahuicus Hook. Ic. PI. tab. 821 and 822. Loc, Cracks in rocky sides of Anjiri, hills S. of Chambar (Kolwa), 26° 9' N.
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