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eeldom sinking so low, or rising so high as that now specified, but 

 generally observing a more equable and moderate temperature. It 

 has been supposed that frost is unknown in the Dukhun, but in the 

 cold season of 1846, it caused great damage to the cane, poppy, to- 

 bacco, and wheat crops in many parts of the Circar. 



Vegetable Produc- noticing the vegetable productions of the pro- 



vince it will be necessary to confine the investi* 

 gation strictly, to such plants whose peculiar qualities bear upon 

 the necessities, conveniences, or gratifications of life, and for this 

 purpose it will be convenient to consider them under the following 

 arrangement : 



1. Plants valuable for food ; as esculent grains of all descriptions, 

 garden vegetables, and fruits. 



2. Plants used as food and fodder for domestic animals, and cat- 

 tle. 



3. Plants useful for medicinal purposes. 



4* Plants employed as materials in the arts and manufacturea. 

 5. Plants of an ornamental nature. 



1st. Plants valuahle for Food. 



Esculent ^mws.— Gheeong, triticum sativum ; bajree, holcua 

 spicatus ; jowarree, holcus saccharatus ; chawul, oryza sativa ; 

 khundee, andropogon, punctatus ; mukkie, zea mays ; rallah, panicum 

 italicum. 



Leguminous plants. — Ooreed, phascolus maximus ; moong, phas- 

 colus trilobes ; muth, phascolus aconitifolius ; tour, cytisus ca- 

 jan; mussoor, ervum hirsutum ; kottee, dolichos biflorans; saim, 

 dolichos ; bun saim, dolichos lablab ; mukhun saim, dolichos gladiata ; 

 (white var) runga mukhun saim, dolichos gladiata ; (red var) mut- 

 ke, dolichos faboeformis; batana, pisum sativum. 



Esculent roots. — Aloo, solanum tuberosum ; salep, orchis var- 

 kuchaloo, helianthus tuberosus ; moolee, raphanus sativus ; ghor 

 aloo, dioscorea alata; pend aloo, convolvulus batatus; soorum, arum 

 campanulatum ; gajur, daucus carota. 



alliaceous plants.— FeeydiZ, allium cepa; lussun, allium sativum; 

 kheera, cucumis sativus ; karkaroo, cucurbita ; pepo kuddoo, cucur- 

 bita lagenaria ; kurilla, momordica charantia. 



Vegetables bearing fruit, — Brinzal, solanum melongena ; wall 



