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On the Vegetation of the Jhelum District, [No. 3, 



Tamarix Indica, " Furas." 



Salvador a oleoides, " Pelu," 



Prosopis spicigera, " Jand." 



Acacia modest a, " Phulai." 



Capparis aphylla, " Kureel," with Acacia Arabica and its variety 

 Ckipressus. 



Sticeda fruticosa, L. 



Anabasis multiflora, Moq. 



Ifarsetia Jacguemontii^ Hf and T. 



Saccharum spontaneum with Aeluropus repens. 



Immense herds of cattle are pastured in this jungle, and their fodder 

 seems to consist of the abovementioned shrubs and bushes more than of 

 either of the grasses : the former when in full growth being apparently 

 too hard for them, while the latter only springs up in any quantity 

 during the rains, or as long as moisture lasts in the soil. 



During the month of May and when the fruit of the " Peru" is be- 

 coming ripe, whole villages of people go out and stop in the jungles, 

 living solely upon it. This occurs more especially in the Shapore 

 district, where a much greater extent of the jungle exists which is 

 there called the Baer. Men and animals suffer in these jungles ex- 

 tremely from the want of good water, for what they drink is solely 

 that collected from falls of rain. 



The fruit of the " Jand" Prosopis spicigera is largely used by the 

 natives as a vegetable diet, especially before it reaches maturity, 

 and is considered highly nutritious. 



From the " Furas," Tamarix Indica. both galls and manna are said 

 to be obtained ; tl;e galls are very poor ; of the manna none was met 

 with by myself on this tree. 



Where the gorges of the salt range open out from the hills into 

 the plains, and shingle, sand and a little soil with a large amount of 

 saline deposit, occupy the intervals between the boulders, we come upon 

 Mhazya stricta, Deca, forming a shrubby jungle in itself. It spreads 

 also beyond, to soil that is capable of producing other plants. 



On the beds of the saline streams that make their exit through 

 these gorges, JRumex vesicarius grows in great abundance. 



From the gorges just mentioned, we naturally enough pass on to 

 the salt range, of which we will now treat. 



