ECONOMIC BOTANY OF SCINDE. 543 
stems make baskets (vide specimens now and previously sent). The 
thicker reeds at the base of the stem are made into admirable 
chairs and screens, bound together by ¢wime made from its flower- 
ing stems well beaten out. (I wish I could send you a chair— 
I can readily, if you don’t object to waiting for its passage round 
the Cape.) 
No, XXVIII. Its fibrous material (Moonyih), as beaten out to 
form ropes. 
No. XXIX. The ends of the flowering branches and their 
leaves, from which the above Moonyih or fibre is made by beating. 
No. XXX.  Pfees ; Chanerops Ritchiana, (Griff.) Its leaves, 
called pfurah. ; 
No. XXXI. The same, somewhat beaten out. 
No. XXXII. Common bazaar basket, in which natives carry 
home their purchases, and shopkeepers keep their stock ;—e. g. 
the druggists keep all their drugs in them, one piled over the 
other. 
No. XXXIII. Common Sandals, as used by the Hill tribes. 
The foot passes below the string—and another string separates 
the great toe from the others. 
No. XXXIV. Twine made from its leaves. 
No. XXXV. Tobacco; Shiraz. 
No. XXXVI. — Kandahar. 
No. XXXVII. —  Hydrabad. 
No. XXXVIII. — Onmerkote, and towards Cutch. 
No. XXXIX. | —  Shikarpoor. 
No. XL. Rope from Croatularia juncea or the True “Sun,” el- 
tivated in Scinde. 
No. XLI. Paper from the same plant, used in native writings. 
No. XLII. Small block of Khow wood, from which are made 
the native combs—specimens of which (14 and 15) (male and 
female) are added. It grows on the lofty Beloochistan hills. I 
hope to see it next week. The wood seems almost equal to Box. 
No. XLIII. Block of ZoAeero wood, which also grows on the 
hills. It is very heavy: specimen sent is unseasoned. 
