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(Date Palm). Thouoh being inferior to those from Arabia, Persia, 

 and Sind, the Ciiteh Date is better than any other grown in Western 

 India. Cocos micifera, L. (Oocoanut) is cultivated in small quantitie*< 

 along the coast. Vitis vin/fera, L. produces well-flavoured grapes. 

 Other fruit trees are : Punica rfranattim, L. (Pomegranate) ; 

 Carica papaya, L. (Papaya) ; Mnsa sapient iw, li. (Plaintain) ; 

 Citrus medira, L. (Citron) ; C. mediea, L., var. limetta (Sweet Lime): 

 C. medica, L., rat', acida (Sour Lime); C. medica, L., imr, li.monvni 

 (Lemon); Citrus ai(.rantivin,1i. (Ova\\^(^) ; Citrits decumana Murr. 

 (Purnmelo) ; Feronia elephantuni, Carr, (Ele})hant or Wood 

 Applet ; Ano7ia .•^(/i/aniosa, L. (Custard Apple) : .1. retievlata, L. 

 (Rarnphal). 



The catalogue given above cannot bo considered to be complete. 

 It contains those species only that have been collected on our tour 

 from Rohar, on the Gulf of Cutch, to Anjar, Bhuj. and across the 

 Banni, to Pacham Island in the Grand Kann. Our journey, therefore, 

 forms, so to say, a cross-section of the whole Province of Cutch, and 

 as the physical and climatic features of the different parts of Cutch 

 do not vary very much, I think we are right in concluding that this 

 cross-section will give a fair idea of the whole flora. Only a few 

 plants have been addeJ to our list on the authority of Col. Palin ; but 

 we have every reason to believe that they occur in the same 

 region which we examined ourselves. 



The following remarks api)ly only to the indigenous plants 

 of which our catalogue contains 345 species. These belong 

 to 74 Natural Orders. The dominant Orders (viz., those represented 

 by the greatest number of species) of the Cutch flora are, roughly 

 fciken. ihe same as those of Hooker's Indus Plain Province. The 

 Leguminoscb stand first with 67 species ; then there follow the 

 Graminecc with 35, the Malvaceae with 24, the Compositm with 22, 

 the Cijperacerc with 17, the Convolvulacece with 17, the Cucurbita- 

 ceoe with 15, the Amarantacece with 13, the Capparidicem with 12, 

 the Acanllficece, Eupliorhiacece, and Solaaaceiti with 11 species. It 

 is very probable that a more thorough exploration of the country 

 will change the rank of some Orders. With regard to the Graminece, 

 e.g., we feel pretty sure that they outnumber the Leguminoscn. 

 Though, on the whole, most of the plants seem to be out in Decem- 

 ber, it is just the grasses that do not present themselves in such a 



