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and not less so in the aromatic and pungent plants; and the 
edible roots are various. Edible leaves, used as greens, are 
very numerous, particularly those produced spontaneously. 
My limits do not permit me to give even the names of wild 
plants producing greens, fruits used as vegetables, or edible 
roots; the flowers of some plants are used as greens; such as 
the Angustee, Auschynomene grandiflora; the Shewga, Hy- 
peranthera morunga, or horse-radish tree; and those of the 
Kanchun, Bauhinia purpurea; the foot-stalks of the flowers 
of the splendid Convolvulus candicans are used in a similar 
way. ‘The tender twigs of the common bamboo are good as 
greens, and they are also made into a pickle. The flower, 
stalks, and roots of the Lotus (Nympha esculenta) are reck- 
oned fine ; but I must stop. 
Grasses.—The grasses are innumerable, and are not less 
distinguished for their beauty than their variety. One of the 
most common is that highly nourishing grass the Agrostis 
linearis, which, it appears, is a native of Cornwall, under the 
name of Panicon dactylon. In biting the knots or joints of 
the Ghateea (Andropogon Martini?) there is a strong, pungent, 
aromatic, and oleaginous exudation. The well-known aromatic 
Khus Khus (Andropogon muricatus) is abundant in Dukhun, 
as well as the sacred grass Durb, Poa cynosuroides. In 
speaking of the grasses it may be as well to say that it is not 
the practice of the natives to make hay from meadows; they 
allow the grass on waste lands to become perfectly dry, and — 
then cut it down with the sickle, as a substitute for hay. 
Wild cordage plants.—The spontaneous cordage plants are 
the Gayal, Agave vivipara; the Kaswuree, Sida patens ; and 
some others. 
Wild oil plants.—The wild oil plants are the Kurunj, Gale- 
dupa arborea; and the Kurd Kangonee, a small tree of the 
class and order Pentandria monogynia. 
Wild tanning plants.—The plants used in preparing leather 
are the Chambar Heerda, Terminalia Chebula; Rahn 'Turwur, 
Cassia auriculata; the Sadrah or Aaeen, Terminalia alata 
glabra; and the Baubul, Mimosa arabica, the bark of which 5 
is in great repute. 
Medicinal plants—The medicinal plants are numerous. — 
Amongst the most useful are the Khyr, Mimosa catechu ; the — 
Seegeekaee, Mimosa abstergens ; many species of Datura; 
Kuntuh Kareeka, Solanum jacquini ; Sagurgotta, Cesalpinia 
bonduccella; Korpur, Aloe succotrina; Dadmaree, Euphorbia 
tiruculli; Gooleea Eendrawun, Cucumis colocynthis; Reeta, 
Sapindus detergens; Sahl Phul, Boswellia thurifera; Baw- 
