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SOME PLANTS OF THE ZOli HILLS. 
7. Cynodon Pers. 
7. Cynodon dactylon Pers. Sjn. I, 85 ; Boiss. FI. Or. V, 553 ; 
F. B. I. VII, 288. 
Without locality or number. 
Local name. — “Najam”. Musohler gives the name as “negil” 
while Forskal has it as “ nishii ”, 
Distrib .— Throughout all warm countries. Common in India 
f Q \ 
where it is called Dub or Durba )• 
Extends North to Holland and S. W. Britain. 
8, Tetrapogon Desf. 
8. Tetrapogon villosus Desf. FI. Atlant. II, 388 ; Boiss. FI. 
Or. V, 555. 
Chlo^is villosa Pers. Syn. I, 87 ; F. B. I. VII, 291. 
Without locality or number. 
Local name . — “ Sakhbar ”, 
Distribution .— In the desert regions of Persia westward to Arabia, 
Egypt and the Canary Islands. In India found in the Punjab and 
Rajputana. 
9. Triticum Linn. 
9. Trlticum vulgare Vill. Hist. PL Dauph. II, 153; Boiss. FI. 
Or. V, 672; F. B. I. VII, 367. 
Without locality or number. 
Local name . — Arab. “ hantah ” ( ) and Pers. “ gandujn ” ( ^ ) ; 
Eng. Wheat. Watt quotes both names in his Dictionary of Economic 
Products. The Persian name is very - near to the Sanskrit “godhum” 
( )• 
Destfnd.— Cosmopolitan. In India grown in the more tem- 
perate parts. 
10 . Hordeum Linn. 
10 . Hordeum Tulgare L. Sp. PI. 84; Boiss. FI. Or. V, 686 (exclud- 
ing sp. vulgare ) ; F. B. I. VII, 371. 
Without locality or number. 
Local name . — Arab, “shayer” ) and Pers. u jau ” (j *- ) ; Eng. 
Barley. Watt in his Dictionary of Economic Products gives both these 
names. Here also the Persian and Sanskrit names are very close “ yava ” 
(**)• Cultivated, In India it is grown chiefly in Upper India. 
Distrib. — Cosmopolitan. 
