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S( hM E PLANTS OF THE ZOll HILLS. 
Didrib . — Central and Eastern Persia, Arabia to the Suez and 
Lower Egypt. 
It grows to the height of about 15 inchos. This plant loves the pebbly plots of 
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land known to the Bedouins as “ liazara ” (j*;*-) or “hazum” ((♦jj^jbut it also grows in 
sand.T he flowers are small and pink. The distinctive characteristics of the plant are the 
flat oval green seeds growing side by side and far more numerous than the flowers. 
The light feathery nature of the stalk and branches is another distinctive feature. Men 
do not eat this plant, but camels are very fond of it and it is very good for them. 
An ancient Sulabi leech of some note, living at the time of Bani Hallal, one 
liushid-ul-Khalawi ( ) made up the following doggerel lines about this 
plant which every Bedoum knows :> — 
. r ' * > r / * . / ' * * 
Jj UaJ| JloJ. kill Qj* 
Ali tar hubb ul gnlaijatan o dur jun 
Fooruq ul kat ul tarn sbainal ul kabbayal 
Roughly translated it means “ when the seeds of * gulaijalan ’ fly and the young 
of the sand-grouse run along the ground [t.e. when the hot weather has set in), 
there is gathering together of the tribes (because they can no longer wander about 
independently in the desert, but must gather near the wells) 
29. Diplo taxis DC. 
84. 3>i plot axis sp. 
Zor Hills. No. £9. 
Local name,—** Khafsh ” ( ). 
A plant about 2 feet high. It resembles the mustard and bears yellow flowers. 
The leaves and seeds are hot to the taste. Camels are very fond of rt and it is said 
to increase their milk. Other animals also graze on it freely, but men have no use 
for it. It grows everywhere except in swamps and is very common. 
30. Notoceras Br. 
35. Notoeeras canariense R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew ed. II, iv, 117; 
El. Or. I, 314 ; P. B. I. I, 140. 
A-. hicorne (R. Br.) Caruel Flor. Toscan. (1860), 536; Muschler, 
Ffc Egy. I, 403. 
Zor Hills. No. 78. 
No local name. 
Didrib . — From tbe Punjab to N. Africa, Southern Spain and the 
Canary Islands. 
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A plant resembling t% hasSr ” ( yU-ux ), another cruciferous plant, with which it 
grows on sandy plains in close company (s.e No. 41). 
