JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY, 



Part II.— PHYSICAL SCIENCE. 

 No. II.— 1865. 



Remarks on the Vegetation of the Islands of the Indus River. — By 

 J. E. T. Aitchison, M.D., F.R.C.S.E., F.L.S., Extr. Member, 

 Royal Med. Soc, Edin., &c., Asst. Surgeon, Bengal Army, 

 [Received, 18th March, 1864.] 



As much interest is being attached to the local production of fire- 

 wood for the use of the steamers that ply on the Indus river, I have 

 the honor to forward the accompanying notes taken during a passage 

 made up that river and its tributary, from Kotree to Mooltan, on 

 board the steamer ' Havelock,' Capt. Davis, Commander, which left 

 Kotree on the 29th of August and reached Mooltan on the 16th of 

 September. 



The river at the time of starting was at its highest, inundating 

 much of the country and causing an immense number of islands to 

 be formed in its course. 



It is the vegetation of these islands I would describe. It is not very 

 extensive, but what there is of it is turned to much account and 

 might be to more. 



The following is a list of the Flora met with, viz. : — • 

 Acacia Arabica, L. 

 A. Arabica, var Cupressina. 

 Prosopis spicigera, L. 

 Populus Euphratica, Oliv. 



