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CHAPTER XXII. 

 From Peshawur to Lahore, 



October 14M. — Peshawur. — Cucurbitacese. The petals of cucurbita 

 were observed in one instance united along two of the corollal sinuses 

 to the staminal column, alternating with the smaller stamina ; the pro- 

 cesses were produced upwards into petaloid appendages. 



\1th. — Proceeded to Nowshera. As far as Pubbe the road ex- 

 tended chiefly through a cultivated country, thence as far as could 

 be judged at night, over a plain country covered with coarse grass, 

 and here and there (whenever a sufficiently gravelly surface occurred) 

 among the thick of Bheir, which is here used for fences ; Mudar, 

 iErua, Nerioides and Adhatoda occurred ; Furas a common tree. 



\8th. — Reached Khairabad. The same kind of country as about 

 Nowshera, stony or sandy, with extensive tracts covered with 

 Bheir, Mudar, and ^Erua as before, Mimosa common towards Geedur 

 Gulli, and on it also Kureel, which appears for the first time as it 

 was not seen about Jumrood. On to-day's march many grasses are 

 apparent, the pale Saccharoid grass of Jugdulluck common, a species 

 of Cynodon (given to me by Dr. Ritchie at Dhukk) very common, a 

 Pommereullioid, a curious Schcenanthus, a Poa, all are coarse and 

 cover a large tract towards Geedur Gulli : Barleria spinosa appears. 



Geedur Gulli is a ravine winding in and out in a curious manner 

 among low hills at the north-west end of what is called the Afredi 

 Spur. Mimosa very common, Kureel, Dodonaea and Edgeworthia, 

 neither very common, but Moarcurra and Euonymus are both rather 

 common. Mudar common ; some Andropogons, of which one is the 

 same as that of the Khybur. Bheir very common, also a Mimosa like 

 the common Babool, but flowers unscented. Chokeys, or police sta- 

 tions are situated along the whole line of road to Peshawur. Adhatoda 

 common at the entrance to Geedur Gulli where the scenery is rather 

 pretty ; Adiantum common on banks near the water ; the hills of 

 Geedur Gulli are rather thickly sprinkled with wood. 



The Cabul river is here a large stream, with a moderate confined bed 

 between high banks on which Akora and Khairabad are situated. 

 The view of the Indus from Geedur Gulli presents a desolate look of 

 sand, which extends over a large space visible through a break in the 

 hills to the north. The passage of the Indus through the Attock 



