CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A FLORA OF BALUCHISTAN.
From materials supplied by Col. J. E. B. Hotson, I. A. B, 0.
BY
E. Blatter, S. J., P. F. Hallberg and C. McCann.
St. Xavier's Coll., Bombay.
Ranunculaceae.
Clematis L.
Clematis orientalis L. Sp. PL 765. Loc; Sitani, 28° 19' N, 66° 5'E (no. 367, 367 A), about 5,300 ft. 29-VI-18.
Adonis L.
Adonis aestivalis L. Sp. PI. 771. Loc. : Panjgur, about 3,100 ft. (no. 155), Garmkan, about 6 miles NE of Panjgur, about 3,125 ft. (no. 155A). El. and fr. in March 1918. Vem. Name : Buchki (Bal. Brah. ?).
Ranunculus L.
Ranunculus aquatilis L. Sp. PI. 781 (partim) var. submersus Gr. and Oodr, Loc. : Sitani, 28° 19' N, 66° 5' E, about 5,300 ft. (no. 365, and 365 A), " at places the irrigation channels were starred with these flowers, like tiny water lilies." (Hotson). El. and fr. in June 1918.
Ranunculus muricatus L. Sp. PL 780. Loc. : Panjgur, about 3,100 ft. (no. M 154). El. and fr. in March 1918. Vem. Name : Kalafs (Bal.).
Ranunculus pseudo-muricatus Blatt. and Hall. spec. nov. Acaulis, humilis, glaber ; folia omnia radicalia, longe-petiolata petiolo 20 mm longo, suborbiculata subreniformia, 13 mm diametro, breviter triloba lobis grosse obtuse-dentatis. Pedunculi foliis breviores, florigeri 10 mm, fructiferi vero 20 mm longi. Elores flavi ; calyx patens sepalis ovatis acutis apice contortis (in herbario tantum ?) ; petala late- oblonga, obtusa, sepalis brevioria. Carpella ca 7, rotundo-ovata ; rostrum disco brevius, recurvum ; margo rostrumque carpellorum viridia, sulcata ; discus brunneus, punctulatus spinis ca 6 curvatis obsitus partem praesertim apicalem et ventralem occupantibus. — This species is distinguished from K. muricatus by being stemless and quite glabrous, by the patent calyx, by the shape and size of the petals, and by the sepals not being setulose. Loc. : Nag ( W. Kolwa), about 83 miles E. by N. of Turbat, about 2,300 ft. (no. 154 A). El. and fr. in April 1918. Vem. Name : Kalafs (Bal.)
Ranunculus arvensis L. Sp. PL 780. Loc. : Khudabadan, mile N. of Panjgur, about 3,100 ft. (no. 182).E1. in March 1918. Vem. Name : Zard Phul (Bal).
