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rocky soil comes up from the adjoining mountains which bound 

 Scinde on the north. All is bare, no trees and no surface vegeta- 

 tion, but great abundance of the Euphorbia nereifolia, which, like a 

 Cactus, fleshy and leafless, spreads its whitened stems and withered 

 stumps in patches as large as a small haystack. There are a few 

 gardens in which grow tamarinds, mangoes, bheres (Zizi/phus vul- 

 garis), and the date-palm {Phoenix sylvestris) springs up wild in 

 every compound. However, Sir Charles Napier is doing great 

 things ; has planted rows of young trees over all the avenues and 

 streets ; and has formed a capital Government garden, which is a 

 depot for garden shrubs, and supplies the troops with fresh European 

 vegetables. The favourite garden shrubs in Kurrachee are Ricinus 

 communis, j^Eschynomyne Sestan,Parkinsonia aculeata, and, for hedges, 

 t\iQvaJlk-h\i%\i {Euphorbia Tirucalli) , With. ii^ leafless, rush-like, flexible 

 branches. The peepul and banyan {Ficus religiosa and F. indica), 

 and the bheres {Zizyphus vulgaris and Z. Jujuba), are the trees 

 planted in the avenues. On our first march from Kurrachee, about 

 eight miles out, the Indus soil and vegetation commenced ; dry 

 creeks, dry water-furrows and a loose sandy soil, characterized by 

 tamarisk jungle (Tlamaru gallica and T. dioica) and Salvadora persica ; 

 low bushes of Acacia {arabica. Catechu), and Mimosa (rubicaulis, 

 &c.), also abundance of the camel-thorn {Alhagi Maurorum) . Among 

 herl3aceous plants 1 occasionally found a Polygonum, a Gnaphalium, 

 a Solanum, &c., and above all these grows everywhere the Capparis 

 aphylla, which I have told you before is also very common in Gu- 

 zerat. 



We passed to Tattah on the Indus, and went up the right bank 

 as far as Hyderabad, where we crossed over to the left bank and 

 proceeded to Rorea, which is on the side opposite to Sukkur. Before 

 coming to Hyderabad we crossed rocky ground for some marches, 

 where the Hala mountains come down to the river bank. Here we 

 met with the Euph. nereifolia again, and two apparently new Zygo- 

 phyllaceous plants, at least I do not find them in Indian floras. On 

 the banks of the Indus from Torrock to Sukkur grow Ranunculus 

 indicus, Roxb., a Potentilla, and Rumex acutus \ About Sukkur the 

 river runs through an isolated tract of limestone hills, and the date- 

 palm is very luxuriant, covering acres of low ground by the river ; it 

 is now in flower. 



LIII. — Botanical Notices from Spain. 



By MORITZ WiLLKOMM*. 



[Continued from p. 347.] 



No. XIII. Seville, October 25, 1845. 

 After a hasty visit to the unimportant Sierra de Elvira, which rises 

 out of the middle of the plain of Granada, and is distinguished by 

 the unusually frequent occurrence of Chrysocome verticalis, Lag., I 



* Translated from the Botanische Zeitung, Jan. 23, 1846. 



