SOME PLANTS OF THE ZOR HILLS. 
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11. Asphodelus L. 
11* Asphodelus tenulfolius Cav. in Anal. Cienc. Nat. Ill, (1801), 46 ; 
Fl. Or. V, 814 ; F. B. I. VI, 332. 
Asphodelus clavatus Roxb. ex. Hook. f. in F. B, I. 1. c. 
Zor Hills No. 20. 
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Zocal name. — “ Barwak ” ( (5^ ) Muschler confirms this as the 
generally accepted name. ForskSl gives * e buraq 
Distrib. — Persia westward to Asia Minor and Western Arabia, 
Egypt and the Canary Islands. In India found in the plains from the 
Punjab to Bengal. 
This plant grows to about 10 inches in height. The flowers have white stripes on 
a brawny pink ground. The leaves bunch up round the stalk and do not trail on the 
ground. Animals will not graze it. Men use it like No, 95 (see under Matricaria) to 
produce igt ”, Sometimes “ Barwak ” is used alone and sometimes Matricaria and 
sometimes both mixed together. In the Punjab the seeds of “.Barwak” are some- 
times used as food, especially during periods of scarcity. 
1$. Ciagea Salisb. 
13. Cagea reticulata (Pall.) Schiilt. Syst. Veg. YII (1829), 552 ; FI. 
Or. V, 208 ; F. B. I. VI, 356. 
Zor Hills No. 18. 
jjQcal name. — (t 'Anaisalan )• Muscbler calls it 
u za'eytem&m 
Distrib . — From Persia westward to Greece, Turkistan and North 
Africa. In India it is found in the Punjab plains ascending to the 
Western Himalayas and the Salt Range. 
Common in the plains. It is a low plant about 3 inches high with a rather large, 
yellow, usually solitary flower. It is somewhat star-shaped and is one of the first to 
appear in the spring. With *the exception of the shape of flower, in general growth 
and appearance the plant resembles the English field Crocus . Men have no use for 
it and animals do not graze on it so that, in spite of its being so common, few 
Bedouins can- name it. 
Ill— IRIMCEE 
IS. Iris Linn. 
IS. Iris Sisyrinchium L. Sp. PI. I (1753), 59; FI. Or. V, 120; F. B. I. 
VI, 272. 
Zor Hills No. 74>. 
