SOME PLANTS OF THE ZOR HILLS. 
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17. Rumex vesicarius Linn. Sp. PL 336 ; FL Or. IV, 1017 ; F. B. I. 
V, 61. 
Zor Hills No. 26. 
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Local name. — <c Hammaith ” ( ). Muschler gives several 
similar names. 
Listrib. — Arabia, Egypt and the Levant. In India it is indigenous 
in the Western Punjab and the Salt Range ; elsewhere cultivated. 
The plant grows to about a foot high, and the flowers are reddish green. TI10 
leaves, stalks, etc., are succulent with an acid sorrel taste. It is fairly common, 
growing everywhere except in swamps. Animals graze on it and the Arabs, both 
Bedouins and townsmen, are very fond of it, eating it both fresh and eouked with 
meat. 
In India it is used as a salad for its aoid taste. 
17. Calligonum Linn. 
18. Calligonum comosum L'Hdrit. in Trans. Linn. Soc. I, 180; FI. 
Or. IV, 1,000. 
Zor Hills and elsewhere. Without number. 
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Local name . — “Arta v also called “ghardak” ( ). Both 
these names are given by Muschler, the former being the common 
Arabic name for this species. 
Listrib .— Southern Persia, Arabia to Asia Minor and N. Africa. 
It is common in the swamps and is grazed by camels. 
18. Polygonum Linn. 
19. Polygonum afghanicnm Meissn. in DC. Prod. XIV, 90 ; FI. Or. 
IV, 1041. 
Zor Hills No. 43. 
Local name . — " Makar ” (J* ). 
Listrib.— Formerly recorded of Afghanistan only. 
A spreading plant with white flowers. Animals graze on ii. The Bedouin women 
dry this plant and use it as a remedy for wounds and snake bite. They have the 
following saying about it : — 
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or « i 00 i a u j makar, zaya ul fikar ” meaning ,f if we had not the 
’ makar/ we should be at our wits * end.” 
