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Tamaria diorca, * Pilchee,’ (Scindee and Punjabee,) first met with in 
any abundance on the Balaas near Bukree; above that station it 
gradually takes the place of 7. Indica. It is greatly used for all 
thatching purposes, basket-work, &e. 
Tamarix orientalis, ‘ Asree-loua’ (Scindee,) is an unknown tree on 
the Balaas, but on the mainland it not unfrequently forms a prominent 
object in the landscape, generally near villages. The tree lives best 
in a dry and salt soil, where it very rapidly produces large timber, 
but this does not make such good fuel as the 7’. Indica. 
The native names of these Tamarisks are much confounded even by 
the natives themselves. The name ‘ Furas’ in the Punjab is applied 
to all, but chiefly to 7. Orientalis. They are so very much like each 
other that this is not to be wondered at. Edgeworth, in his Flora 
Mallica, calls 7. dioica, ‘ Lai,’ and 7. Gallica (= T. Indica) ‘ Pilchi.’ 
I would consider the Scindee names as typical, from their being 
connected with something further than simply the tree as it grows, 
viz. in the one case the value of the wood for fuel, 7. Indica, ‘ Laee,’ 
‘ Jhao ;’ in another the use of the shrub for thatching purposes and the 
known fact of this kind never producing wood, 7. dioica, ‘ Pilchee ;’ 
and lastly with the fact that it forms a large tree, the wood of which 
is not so good for fuel, 7’. Orzentalis, ‘ Asree-loua.’ 
Phenix dactylifera, is occasionally to be seen on the Balaa land 
between Sukker and Mooltan, where it is very common on the main- 
land also. A splendid grove of these trees, surrounding Sukker, is 
seen from a long distance off. After leaving Kotree some forty miles, 
we see none of this tree until Sukker comes in sight, whereas round 
Kotree it is very abundant, and at and near Mooltan it is also very 
abundant. 
Saccharum Munji, ‘ Moonj,’ (Scindee and Punjabee). Thousands 
of acres of river land are covered with this useful grass, the value of © 
which might be greatly raised by the introduction of machinery 
for converting it into pulp for the Paper Maker. And Sukker would 
be the place for starting such an establishment, as it grows chiefly 
above Sukker, to which place it could be floated down the river at 
little or no cost. This very floating down would aid in the treatment — 
required by all fibres to bring them into a fit condition for working. b 
The surrounding country yields immense quantities of an Alkali 
