JOURNAL 
melaATiIC SOCTET Y. 
Part I1.—PHYSICAL SCIENCE. 
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No. I1.—1865. 
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Remarks on the Vegetation of the Islands of the Indus River.—By 
J. HE. T. Arrcnison, M.D., F.R.C.S.E., F.L.S., Eetr. 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 
Se pLember. 
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, Oliy. 
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