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acres, and the Central Provinces nearly 4,000,000 acres. The 
value of the wheat exported from India in 1892-93 was over 74,000,000 
rupees; but in 1891-92, under exceptional circumstances o demand in 
Europe, Indian wheat was exported to the value of nearly 144,000,000 
rupees. 
Dr. Cs remarks: * The fact that India was able to wade ti and to 
s directly governed by the conditions of the uropean market. 
favourable . prices are anticipated the area of production is at once 
nerease A Memorandum on wheat cultivation in the Punjab for 
1803-94 | is given in the dae Bulletin, 1894, p. 167. 
CCCCVII.—BOTANY OF THE HADRAMAUT 
EXPEDITION. 
The Kew Bulletin for June (p. 194) contained = brief notice of the 
return of Mr. Bent’s expedition to the Hadrama ut Valley, and of is 
botanical collections brought back by it. These were made by Mr. 
Lunt, a member of the gardening staff of the Royal Gardens, who bad 
accompanied Mr. Bent’s expedition with the permission s: the First 
Commissioner of Her Majesty’s Works and Public Buildin 
About 150 species of lowering plants were secured, a "aatifactosy 
result taking into consideration the manifest poverty of the flora; 
these inelude about 25 new species and two new genera. Of the former 
nine will be figured and described in Hooker's Zcones Plantarum. An 
enumeration of the whole collection is given below. 
RANUNCULACE. 
Nigella arvensis, Lin».—Amongst crops at Katar, alt. 1,100 feet. 
A common weed of the Mediteran and Oriental regions. Native 
set sé See i soda.” The seeds are put into bread to assist 
digesti 
CRUCIFERE. 
Eruca sativa, Lam. —Cultivated at Katan. Roots used as a salad. 
Native name, * Bue kl." 
Lepidium sativum, Zinn.—Amongst crops at Katan, alt. 1,100 feet. 
The common cultivated cress. 
CAPPARIDE. 
Cleome wee Linn.—Near Abrail, alt. 1,800 feet. Extends to 
Egypt and Alg 
Cleome ?—Between Tokham and Ghafit, alt. 2,000 feet. A very 
curious perennial herb, with densely hispid branches and Siaa - 
small viser leaves, with the lobes tipped with large gland 
Ga shared also einfurth, in Southern Arabia (Riebeck ei 
pedition, No. 178), s Sikander none of the specimens show either 
