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found, and I never waa able to procure any one to collect for me : 

 every specimen was collected by my own band. 



This district is just on the border of tbe great botanical region 

 of Central India, but retains some of the characters of tbe Gan- 

 getic Doab, from which it is separated by the river Jumna. 



The following may be noted as cbaracteristic of the " black soil " 

 so abundant in central India, which here makes its first appear- 

 ance : — Biopliytum sensitivum, Fsoralea cor ylifolia ^ Indigofera 

 gjandulosa and paucifolia^ Alysicarpus langifolius and Heyneanus^ 

 Desmodium diffusum^ Cassia auriculata, Amberboa Indica^ Ipomcea 

 renifoliay Sutera glandulosa^ Stemodia viUosa, Sopubia delphiniifolia, 

 EupTiorbia rosea^ Ophiurus corymbosus. 



The total number of Phanerogamae collected is 776, of which 

 166 were cultivated only, leaving 610 to be regarded as the true 

 flora of the district. Of these, 18 (or 3 per cent.) are aquatic, 84 

 (or 14 per cent.) riparious or marshy, 65 (or 11 per cent.) annuals 

 in fields, of which 22 are found in the spring crops or " rubby." 

 Shrubby plants form a proportion of 31 per cent., being 187. 



The largest orders are : 



Graminese 102 or 16 per cent. 



Lcguminosse 85 or 14 



Compositse 42 or 7 



Acanthacese 30 or 5 



Euphorbiacese 24 or 4 



Convolvulacese 20 or 3*3 



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after which come the Asclepladacese, Labiatse, Boraginese, Cypera- 

 ceae and TJrticacese. 



The most prolific genera in species are Panicum, Eragrostis, 



Ficus 



Indigofera, 



It is worth while to remark the difi'erence in the percentages 

 of the principal orders between the flora at Banda and that at 



Multan. 



Banda. Multan. 



Aquatic 3 . 2 



Eiparious 14 10 



Annuals 11 20 



Shrubby 31 13*3 



Gramineae 16 24 



Leguminosae 14 10 



