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below we have Glycyrrhiza glabra Aeluropus littoralis and 
(according to Lirwinow) the Orchid Limodorum turkestanicum. 
Interspersed among the Erianthus other tall plants may be 
found: Phragmites, Eleagnus bushes, Calamagrostis pseudo- 
phragmites, Tamarix hispida. Erianthus more frequently, 
however, occurs here and there amongst other plants, the 
tussocks standing singly or in groups among these. 
Glycyrrhiza glabra may here and there form pure or al- 
Figur 19. “Shar Togai”, thicket on the left bank of the Amu Daria. In the 
background Tamarix and a tuft of Erianthus Ravennae, in the foreground 
Alhagi Camelorum, Lycium ruthenicum, Halostachys caspica. 
most pure thickets. The stems attain the height of a metre 
(up to 1,5 metres), and stand close together borne on sub- 
terranean horizontal runners, often several together as a 
“radix multiceps.” The species has pinnate leaves which at 
night assume the sleep position, all the leaflets moving ver- 
tically downwards, so that their lower surfaces touch. 
Besides Tamarix, Erianthus and Glychyrrhiza, the following 
species occur on moist, but not wet or muddy soil: Saccharum 
spontaneum, very striking in appearance with its shiny, snow- 
white top at a height of about 2 metres from the ground; 
Halimodendron argenteum, a thorny leguminous bush which 
