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in the common kinds) are conformable to the general appearance. 
This is the camel’s region, for on these plants, almost unapproachable 
from their hedgehog-like armature, the camel feeds with a relish which 
shows that these spines, prickles, and thorns act only (like pepper and 
capsicum to us) as a gentle fillip to his digestion. But in this lower 
region there are exceptions to the prevailing sterile aspect. There are 
little valleys (such as Shah Bilawul in the Dubb mountains) where a 
spring of water will have encouraged a more profuse vegetation. Here 
and there, too, will be found a valley thickly covered with the Populus 
Euphratica, and these have received from the natives the name of 
Putkee, from the Brahnic name of the tree. There is one Putkee in 
the Moola or Gundava Pass, and another on the road between Khozdar 
and Wudd. The vale of Wudd, too, is very thickly covered with a 
sub-forest of Tecoma undulata, one of the most beautiful of trees when 
in full flower. I send you good seeds. It will flower when eight feet 
high, and indeed often when a mere bush. Tecoma glauca (Decaisne in 
Jacq.) is only a synonym. 
So much for the indigenous Flora of Beloochistan ix the rough, inas- 
much as I have yet to go over the plants with the aid of books, which 
cannot be carried on these expeditions. 
The articles of cultivation in the upper region are, Wheat sown in 
autumn, left to be snowed over, and reaped in summer; Barley; Lu- 
cerne and Clover; Madder; Peas and Tares. In the lower region, Wheat 
and Barley, with the addition of Millet (Sorghum), Rice, and Cotton. 
Again, the fruits of the upper region are Apricot, Peach, Plum, Pear, 
Apple, Almond, Wallnut, Mulberry, Quince, Grape, Fig, Pomegranate, 
Celtis, and Eleagnus, planted thickly in orchards and mixed with Wil- 
lows and Poplars. 
The fruits of the lower region are Mulberries, Apples, Grapes, and 
Figs, with very inferior and scanty Apricots, very good Pomegranates, | 
and excellent Dates. This last is the characteristic fruit. It does not 
grow above 5,000 feet, for it cannot stand the snow and rain of the 
upper region, ‘Caloris avida est, et frigidum ferre nequit" (Theoph.). 
A station in the Bolan is called Sir-i-Khujoor from being the limit of 
the Date in that direction. It is about 4,500 feet above the sea. It 
does not grow at Quetta or Candahar, or indeed anywhere, except 
it can get a hot dry atmosphere. The Pomegranate is a more accom- 
modating plant, for it produces good fruit under very different climates ; 
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