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Orygia trianthemoides is found near the base of the hills, JJe- 

 ptophyllum tuberculatum in the upper valleys, and Peganum Har- 

 mala everywhere. I found Tribulus alatus, Del., and Calligonum, 

 both Egyptian forms, at the base of the hills ; a species of Zijgo- 

 phyttum, differing little from Z. simplex, is found forming dense 

 matted beds near springs in the upper valleys. Seezenia, a 

 Sierra Leone genus, is abundant both in the hills and at then- 

 bases j also a new species of the Cape genus Monsonia. Neu- 

 radaprocumbens, an Egyptian or Arabian plant, is plentiful on the 

 borders of the Sinde desert, and also in the hills, is particularly 

 plentiful too near Shahpoor on the western border of the desert. 

 On the sand-hills at the same place I found species of Rkazya ; 

 it is a pretty small shrub with so much the habit of the garden 

 oleander, that our sepoys called it "Bun Kunale." It is also 

 found throughout the hills, but invariably in sandy places. 



A species of Forskalea with ovate leaves is abundant in some 

 places amongst the hills ; the leaves of this plant adhere to every- 

 thing with great tenacity, and can only be removed piecemeal ; 

 the whole plant is clothed with sharp hooked hairs. 



A Sophora, with pretty yellow laburnum-like flowers, is also 

 found amongst rocks near water, accompanied by Linaria ramo- 

 sissima, and a variety of Lindenbergia- urticafolia. Several spe- 

 cies of Salsola are also abundant ; one in particular in the hilly 

 country with terete pungent leaves and axillary capitate inflo- 

 rescence, of which unfortunately I am without specimens. A new 

 species of the African genus Limeum is also found on the skirts 

 of the Halas. Plantago amplexicaulis is found in the inner val- 

 leys along with Haplophyllum. An Echium of the Cape type, and 

 possibly new, and Trichodesma Africanum, R.B., are abundant 

 in the fissures of rocks amidst the higher hills. 



Salvia primula- JEgyptiaca, and a new species of the same 

 section, are widely spread through the hills. A new Linaria, 

 very like L. triphylla, is found from the base of the hills upwards. 



Solatium Forskalii, or a species akin to it, is also abundant. 

 Hyoscyamus muticus is found in moist places. An Asclepiad, with 

 the habit of Orthanthera viminea, is very abundant on the mar- 

 gins of water-courses ; it forms a large bushy shrub, and I 

 suspect is the same plant described by my friend Dr. Falconer as 

 " Campelepis." Cometes Surattensis is found occasionally along 

 the whole base of the Hala mountains ; a Caralluma or some 

 nearly allied plant is abundant on the higher ranges, but I never 

 saw it in flower ; a new and pretty species of Cleome is found in 

 the passes leading into the Hala range at a low elevation : with 

 this I close my notice of the hilly region of Sinde. 



The plains of Sinde are of a very variable character, some 

 places being very fertile, and others barren, and naked desert 



