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SOME PLANTS OF THE ZOB HILLS. 
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Local name . — - Ha ram ** ( ). 
Distrib. — Afghanistan and Beluchistan. In India it is found in the 
Western Punjab Plains, the Salt Range, Sind and in parts of the Deccan. 
This is the commonest shrub of the swamps. On this the camels feed, especially 
when they have got nothing better. 
TII— CARYOPHYLLACEvE. 
84. Siiene Linn. 
38. Siiene conica Linn. Sp. PI. 418 ; PI. Or. I, 578. 
Zor Hills. No, 81 
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Local name.—** Tar bah ” ( ). 
Distrib. — Asia Minor, Trans-Caucasia, Southern and Central Europe, 
Britain and North Africa. 
A plant spreading along the ground and not rising above 3 inches. It loves the 
sand hills and is especially common round Thum Niga, the conspicuous sand bills, east 
of the Geiahang Wells. It has white flowers. No use is known for it. 
British specimens are usually about a foot high. 
39. Siiene tenuis Willd. Enura. Hort. Berol. 474 ; P. B. I. I, 219. 
S. repens Boiss. PI. Or. I, 614. 
Zor Hills. No. 40. 
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Local name.— * J araisah ” ( ) . 
Distrib. — Armenia to Trans-Caucasia, Northern and Arctic Asia. In 
India it is found in the North-West Himalayas from Knmaun to 
Kashmir. 
A common little plant abont 8 inches high with white flpwers. It grows every - 
where except in swamps and is of no use or harm to men or animals. 
VIII-PAPAVERACEjE. 
35. Papaver Linn. 
30. Papaver faybridum Linn. Sp. PI. 506; FI. Or. 1, 117; F. B. I. 
I, 117. 
Zor Hills. No. 65. 
Local name . — <( Daidhan ” ( ) . Fofrskal calls it c< abun-nom ** 
which Mutchler also quotes. 
Distrib.~— From the Punjab to South and Central Europe, Britain 
and North Africa. 
A email poppy growing to a height of 6 inches, and fairly common in the “ haz- 
um *' lands ( ) and in open sandy plains. It has flowers purple-black in colour. 
It is much admired by the Bedouins for its beauty. Grazed on by animals. 
