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rocky soil comes up from the adjoining mountains which bound 
Scinde on the north. All is bare, no trees and no surface vegeta- 
tion, but great abundance of the Euphorbia neretfolia, which, like a 
Cactus, fleshy and leafless, spreads its whitened stems and withered 
stumps in patches as large as a smali haystack. There are a few 
gardens in which grow tamarinds, mangoes, bheres (Zizyphus vul- 
garis), and the date-palm (Phenix sylvestris) springs up wild in 
every compound. However, Sir Charles Napier is doing great 
things; has planted rows of young trees over all the avenues and 
streets ; and has formed a capital Government garden, which is a 
depdt for garden shrubs, and supplies the troops with fresh European 
vegetables. The favourite garden shrubs in Kurrachee are Ricinus 
communis, Aischynomyne Sestan, Parkinsonia aculeata, and, for hedges, 
the milk-bush (Huphorbia Tirucalli), with its leafless, rush-like, flexible 
branches. The peepul and banyan (Ficus religiosa and F. indica), 
- and the bheres (Zizyphus vulgaris and Z. Jujuba), are the trees 
planted in the avenues. On our first march from Kurrachee, about 
eight miles out, the Indus soil and vegetation commenced; dry 
creeks, dry water-furrows and a loose sandy soil, characterized by 
tamarisk jungle (Tamarix gallica and T. dioica) and Salvadora persica ; 
low bushes of Acacia (arabica, Catechu), and Mimosa (rubicaulis, 
&c.), also abundance of the camel-thorn (Alhagi Maurorum). Among 
herbaceous plants I occasionally found a Polygonum, a Gnaphalium, 
a Solanum, &c., and above all these grows everywhere the Capparis 
aphylla, which I have told you before is also very common in Gu- 
zerat, 
We passed to Tattah on the Indus, and went up the right bank 
as far as Hyderabad, where we crossed over to the left bank and 
proceeded to Rorea, which is on the side opposite to Sukkur. Before 
coming to Hyderabad we crossed rocky ground for some marches, 
where the Hala mountains come down to the river bank. Here we 
met with the Huph. nereifolia again, and two apparently new Zygo- 
phyllaceous plants, at least I do not find them in Indian floras. On 
the banks of the Indus from Torrock to Sukkur grow Ranunculus 
indicus, Roxb., a Potentilla, and Rumez acutus! About Sukkur the 
river runs through an isolated tract of limestone hills, and the date- 
palm is very luxuriant, covering acres of low ground by the river; it 
- is now in flower. 
LIII.—Botanical Notices from Spain. 
By Moritz WiLLKomM*, 
[Continued from p. 347.] 
No. XIII. Srvituz, October 25, 1845. 
Arter a hasty visit to the unimportant Sierra de Elvira, which rises 
out of the middle of the plain of Granada, and is distinguished by 
the unusually frequent occurrence of Chrysocome verticalis, Lag., I 
* Translated from the Botanische Zeitung, Jan. 238, 1846. 
