1864.] 



On the Vegetation of the Jhelum District, 



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Polygala Vahliana, D. C. 



Astragalus multiceps, Wall. 



Pupalea lappacca, D. C. 



Dipter acanthus prostratus, Nees. 



jflEruajavanica? Juss. 



JBallota limbata, Bentli. 



Allium rubellum, Bieb. 



Cleome linearis, Stocks. 



Abuiilon Indicum. 



Sida rhombifolia, L. 



Triumfetta angulata, Lam. 



Besides the above, we have several grasses :~ 



Cynodon dactylon, " Doob." 



Melanocencliris Hoyleana, Nees. 



JPennisetum Cinchroides, 



Aristida depress a, Betz. 



JUmgrostis Gyncsuroides. 



Dactyloctenium JElgyptiacum. 



In some ravines Saccharum Munja and S. spontaneum and not till* 

 commonly also Nerium odorum are to be met with. The last plant 

 is, however, more common where these ravines open out into the 

 nullahs. It is not to be found on the banks of the river, in its whole 

 course from the fort of Mungla to Shapore, but seems to prefer 

 the hills, as no sooner does one get into the hilly country above 

 Mungla, than it is met with in large quantities on the river bank. 



Except during the rainy season, water is not obtainable in these low 

 ranges of hills, unless it be from Bunnees, which are reservoirs of 

 water formed more or less artificially in connection with springs. To 

 these all the cattle are brought from miles round, as the Bunnees are 

 few in number and generally at some distance from each other. 

 The inhabitants of this tract always use their water in preference to 

 any other. In nearly all these Bunnees we have a form of aquatic 

 vegetation peculiar to them. In those of some depth we have 

 Nelumbium speciosum, the fruit of which is greatly relished by 

 the natives. In most of them, we have Nyrnphcea ccerulea, alba ? 

 sm&pubeseens, with Polygonum barbatum, L. and Persicaria ) besides— 

 Sagittaria cordifolia, Boxb 9 

 Marsilea quadrifolia. 



