of the Himalayan Mountains and of Cashmere. 14'9 



" Lieut. Burnes describes the pomegranates as forming quite a wood in 

 Mazenderan, whence the dried seeds are exported for medicinal use ; and 

 mentions that the famous pomegranates without seeds are grown in the rich 

 gardens, called Balabagh, lying under the snowy hills near the Caubul river. 

 Mr. Forster describes them as delicious about Hadgiabad, as they are, indeed, 

 in most parts of Persia. (Journ,, p. 169.) Though grown in most parts of 

 India, large quantities of a superior quality are yearly brought down by the 

 northern merchants from Caubul, Cashmere, and Boodurwar. In the Hima- 

 layas, the pomegranate may be seen growing wild, and also near villages. 

 The fruit, though small, is brought down for sale to Saharunpore ; it is called 

 darmee : and the rind (naspal), being very astringent, is used in medicine, as 

 well as in dyeing. The employment, by the natives of India, of the bark of 

 the root for the expulsion of tape-worm being now well known, since the sub- 

 ject was communicated by Drs. Hamilton and Fleming, is a remarkable in- 

 stance of the oblivion into which even a valuable medicine may fall, as this 

 property was well known to Dioscorides, 1. c. 154. The natives give buloo- 

 siton and rooman as the Greek names of the pomegranate." 



yiemecylece and Qomhretacece are equinoctial orders, respecting 

 which Mr. Royle has given information most valuable for the 

 settler in India, but which we pass over, confident that his work 

 will soon find its way into the libraries of the wealthier classes of 

 British residents in India, or of British Indian merchants, or of 

 other men of wealth resident in Britain. 



Onagrdrice. — This order contains Epilobium, of which thir- 

 teen species have been found in the Himalayas. It also contains 

 Circae^ of which some species are found in Nepal ; and Trapa, 

 which, like many other aquatic genera, spreads over a great 

 extent of latitude, " being common everywhere in the waters of 

 India and China, as well as of Cashmere, of Europe, and of 

 Siberia." (p. 211.) 



Haloragese, " being an aquatic family, does not, by its distribution, indicate 

 differences of climate, as its plants are found in streams and wet situations in 

 various parts of the world. Thus, /Tippuris is common to Europe and America, 

 and has been found at Unalaschka, but not in India. Callitriche is common to 

 India and Europe ; ikfyriophjllum to both these and to America. Serpicula 

 is common to India and Africa, being found in the Mauritius, the Cape of 

 Good Hope, and the Indian Peninsula j Haloragis in the last, as well as in 

 New Holland." 



CeratophyllecE is also an aquatic order, distributed over a wide 

 extent, both in Europe and India. 



Yytlirariece^ or Salicariece. — The true Salicarieae form a tribe 

 which contains a number of aquatic species, and, as is generally 

 the case, these are distributed over a wide extent, and in very 

 different climates. Zythrum is found in Europe, America, and 

 New Holland, and in the Himalayas. 



Ta7nariscme£E. — The genus Tamarix is distributed over a 

 wide extent in the Old World, from Britain to China, on the 

 shores of the ocean, on the banks of large rivers, in arid and 

 sandy plains, and in saline soil in the cold climates and elevated 

 plains of Thibet in Siberia. 



