20 J)R. ATTCniSOK ox TOE TLORA OF nVSniARPITJl. 



Sngar-cane is extensively grown, as also Tobacco; the latter is 

 considered very superior in quality. Indigo occasionally is raised 

 as a field-crop, and profitably so. Cartliamus is not much culti- 

 vated. The rest of the crops are similar to those raised near the 

 river banks in the Doabs. 



Prom the dry and arid condition of the part of the district 

 that lies opposite Eupur, the flora at this most eastern extremity 

 is more strictly Punjab in its type than that of any other part. 

 Capparis aphylla, GaJatropis Hamiltoniana^ Peganum^ and AlJiagi 

 are in profusion, with Acacia modesta and Gymnosporia ; besides, 

 here alone, on both sides of the river, the Cypress variety of Acacia 

 Arabica is to be met with, this being most likely the eastern limit 

 of that Sindhian form, and very nearly that of Dodoncea also. On 

 the rocks overhanging the Sutlej Capparis spinosa is found, which 

 occurs on similarly situated rocks up the valley as far as Wangtii 



bridge. 



The Naree range of hills is apparently a continuation of the 



Sewaliks westward. It averages about ten miles in breadth, and 



opposite Naree, aa already stated, attains an elevation of 2047 



feet. 



The southern aspect of these hills presents a much more barren 

 appearance than the northern. Under 1500 feet the southern 

 face is more or less covered with shrubs of Carissa^ Diospyros 

 melanoxyloUj Fiacourtia, Gymnosporiay Cassia^ ZizyphuSy Spathodea^ 

 Celastrus paniculatus^ Dodoncea^ Orislea., and Bauhinia raccmosa. 

 On the sunny and dry aides of the valleys Euphorbia pentagona is 

 singularly characteristic, with its candelabra-like form. Above 

 1500 feet we have a stunted forest of Pinus longifolia. In valleys 

 on the northern face, but also in sheltered southern localities 

 where moisture can accumulate, we have a tolerably dense vegeta- 

 tion of Bamboo, Erythrina^ Mimosa riibricaulis^ccesia, and catechu, 

 Albizzia, Hottlera^ Ehretia Icevis^ Moringa^ Wendlandia^ Diospyros 

 cordifoJia, Morus, Vallaris^ Odina^ Loranthics, Ichnocarpus ^ De- 

 rinqia^ Porana paniculata, Celsia, ColebrooJcia, Samiltonia^ Scutel- 

 laria^ Caryopteris^ Tecoma, Calosanthes, Gmelinay Phyllanthus^ 

 Casearia^ Indigofera piilchella, besides Melia azedarach, apparently 

 indigenous, and most of the trees mentioned aa being in the 



" English A\^ood.'* 



Here, as eastern forms occurring far west, we may note Gme- 



Una, Olax, Odina^ Trichosanfhes^ and Gentiana decemjida, 



Occurring in great profusion amongst the sandstone rocks, 



