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“ The lower part of the Khadir is only intersected bya — 
few channels of old streams now used as escapes from the — 
Delhi canal; this portion is less liable to flooding, and conse- — 
quently in general bears middling crops. Gram is seldom or 
never sown in it, and masur replaces it. 
“The * Bhet’ of the Sutlej differs from the Khadir of the 
Jumna by being yet more barren. (The upper part of this. 
Bhet I have not seen, and the lower part is nearly entirely 
covered with thick grass jangal, the haunt of wild beasts, — 
similar to that in the Gangetic Khadir.) 
“The sand of the Sutlej is much darker in colour, E 
with far larger flakes of mica than that brought down by r 
the Jumna, and these larger micaceous particles are equall 
observable throughout the whole of the phalahi tract, while 
the bábúl and dhák regions partake of the Jumnatic character. 
** Throughout the whole of this territory I have never seen. : 
the matar of Bengal (Lathyrus sativus) cultivated, but it is 
constantly to be N as a weed mixed with pulse or corn. - 
** The arhar (Cajanus flavus) is never cultivated by itself, 
but the variety C. bicolor or ticar is sown round sugar-canè 
fields as before mentioned, and is cultivated in the hills under 
the name of kd, which leads me to favour the considering 
them as two distinct species and not merely varieties. — 
_ “ Thad hoped to have been able to give a more full accounts 
but being removed rather suddenly, I have been unable t0 
complete some inquiries I was previously making, and there 
fore send thijs imperfécs though it be.” 
APPENDIX. 
** Abstract of Herbarium collected in the Sikh States, exclusive of planis 
found only in the immediate neighbourhood of or on the Sewalik range. j 
T Polypetalai. Total Colt. 
a Total Cult, Nelumbonacez, serene cnn nnn nnn tht 
1 
garm roeper eee a 1 Umbelliferz,......... m sae fett : 
. m 3 = Vitacez,... DPI aeree ; 5 
COR, se. cÁ vet a eo Onagrariez,...... ..... errot me 
