SOME PLANTS OF THE ZOR HILLS. 
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3. Panicum Linn. 
3. Panicum miliaceum L. Sp. PI. 58. FI. Or. V, 441 ; F. B. I. 
VII, 45. 
Oman. Without number. 
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Local name.-— Arab, and Pers. “dukhn” ( ^ ^ ) or sahwi”. 
The Arabic name “duklm" appears to be generally known. _ It is quoted 
by A. DeCandollein bis Origin of Cultivated Plants, by Muschler, and 
by Watt in bis Dictionary of Economic Products. 
Lislrib. — Syria, Egypt and N. Africa. It is cultivated in 
many parts of Europe and North Asia and almost throughout India. 
4. Penn i set mu Pers. 
4* Peimisetum typhoideun. Kick, in Pers. Syn. I, 72; FI. Or. V, 
447 ; F. B. I. VII, s2. 
Without locality or number. 
Local name.— Arab, and Persr- “ ilm ” or “ulm OJ ( jJf or pJ| ). 
In India it is called “ bajri 9i or "'bujra”. Muschler calls it "quasak^ 
or ff hemaV 
Lislrib.— S. Europe and N. Africa. In India found mostly in 
cult ivation. 
5. Aristida. Linn. 
5. ? Aristida sp. 
Zor H»Us. No. 56. 
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Local name.' — -“Nasi” ( ). Muschler gives this name to 
two species of Aristida , viz., A. plumosa Linn, and A. caloptila Jaub. 
et Sp. 
It is a common tufted grass of the Hazum lands, growing as a rule on high 
ground and is collected in large quantities, dried and sold as hay. 
0. Bronms Linn. 
6, Hr emu 8 tectorum L. Sp. Pl. 77 ; Boiss. FI. Or. V, 647 ; F. B. I. 
VII, 359. Zor Hills No. 53. 
Local name. — Arab. ^zirFaah” ( ). 
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Lislrib . — Western and Northern Asia, Europe and N. Africa. 
In India it is found in the Western Himalayas. Though common 
by road-sides, etc., in N. Europe, it does -not extend to Britain. 
• A grass growing like wild oats to about 10 inches or a foot high. 
