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* and the freshly-cut plant thrown on it.. The action of the fire causes 
* the juice of the plant to exude and run into the pit. Fresh quantities 
* of the plant are thrown on the fire from time to time, until the pit is 
* almost filled with the liquid exudation. 'The mass is ‘then stirred with 
“ a pole for from two to three hours, after which the pit is covered over, 
* and on the third day, when the liquid has cooled down and solidified, 
r. Erskine adds that the MENDA flourishes most near Kutchee 
in Khelat, about 5,500 maunds of khdr being annualiy imported in 
J acobabad ; that the quantity manufactured in duh and ia Thar 
its Wd prio varies between R.1 and annas 8 a maund. The Political 
Resident at Aden reports that, Salsola (Sueda nudiflora), vulgarly 
called ** Aden Balsam," grows freely in the plain in the neighbourhood 
of Aden, and that before the purchase of Shekh Othman, large vir 
of the bush were wastefully burnt to produce salt, but that the shrub i 
now preserved within British limits. He observes that the bush ions 
to possess great vitality and fecundity ; ; that it is termed by the Arabs 
“asl,” and the Ba rilla made therefr om is named ‘ “hotmi ” eos the 
The following are Indian plants reported to yield barilla :— 
- Anthrocnemum indicum ; Moq., Coromandel Coast. 
Caroxylon fetidum, Moa. S Sind and Panjá 
b. 
Carozylon Griffithii, Mog. ded h 
plants in the Panjáb. eine ron K een atre 
alicornia brachiata, Roxb. Tineo a and Corom 
+ Salsola brachiata, Pall., Afghanis vae 
- Salsola Kali, Wild., Sind and Panjá áb. 
7. Sueda fruticosa, Forsk., Sind and Panjáb and Malabar Coast. 
8. Sueda indica, Moq., Sunderbuns and Coromandel 
. Sue erry. 
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D Or e 
da nudiflora, Mog. ., Aden, Pondiche 
