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as at Kaisar and Mannu, the Oleander was met with. It is well known to the natives, 
and said to be common in such localities all over the country. This shrub was very 
destructive to camels, especially when it was spread through the Tamarisk thickets, as 
these animals never seem to learn not to browse on it. Тһе native name is Jaur, a 
corruption of the Persian word for poison. Climbing over these shrubs Clematis 
orientalis was in great luxuriance; and on the shady side of some rocks a variety of 
Mentha sylvestris, growing seven feet high, was common. Andropogon laniger, 
а lemon-scented grass, formed turf in the vicinity of the stream, as also Juncus 
maritimus. | Erianthus Ravenne, the Munj of the Punjab, was occasionally observed in 
great clumps. Where the stream spread out into broader shallows, flooding the low land 
occasionally, Arundo Donax occurred together with Phragmites communis, forming great 
beds; the latter, where the water was brackish and the soil saline, was extremely dwarfed, 
with rigid and sharp-pointed leaves. In the Tamarisk groves a large purple-flowered 
Orobanche was occasionally seen, perfect in form and colour, but dried to а cinder, so 
that it could not be preserved, as on the slightest touch it crumbled into dust. 
The fodder supplied to us for our cattle during our journey consisted of the crushed 
straw of wheat and barley and of the stems of millet (Sorghum). Occasionally, in 
addition to these, the stems of Pennisetum dichotomum were also served out. These 
stems were from опе to three feet in length, resembling miniature bamboos ; and thus 
they were termed in сатар. Notwithstanding their hardness, they were greedily eaten 
by our horses, much to our amusement and wonder. Тһе natives call this grass 
Barshonk, and it grows on the stony formation at the bases of the hills only. 
At Gaz-i-cha we encamped іп a great meadow of Eragrostis cynosuroides, which was 
here unmixed with any other grass. It was called Kirthag, and grew in deep pure 
sand. Such a locality was looked upon as an oasis of plenty for our cattle, and this 
particular grass was considered very fattening, though had any of our horse-keepers 
supplied us with it in India, the result, I fear, would have been a general commotion in the 
establishment. Aristida plumosa is highly valued and an excellent fodder, growing in 
luxuriance on the sand hills of the desert, where usually no other grass is to be seen. 
_ It occurs in small separate tufts, from four to six inches in height, and is called Mazj. 
Sheep are especially fond of it. Several creeping species of Æluropus, were often 
mistaken by members of the mission for Cynodon Dactylon, the Dub of India. These 
were profuse, especially on the saline plains. Cynodon I did not see in Baluchistan, 
except at Quetta, where it was in abundance on the sides of irrigation-channels. 
Between Bozdan, Mannu, and Galicha, from the numerous dry leaves found driven about 
by the wind, a species of Ferula was detected in these gravel plains. After much 
seeking one leaf was at last discovered attached to a root-stock. On digging this up, 
there was no doubt, from its general appearance and the odour its fractured surfaces 
emitted, that it was the root of a species yielding Ава/т да. Not a single stem was 
obtainable, but, from the quantity of leaves seen, the plant must be abundant in this 
locality. Тһе curious thistle-like umbellifer, Pyenocycla Aucheriana, was not rare, 
chiefly present in stony ground; happily sufficient material was collected for its accurate 
determination. It produces a yellowish gum-resin, and the root-stock, when employed 
