SOME PLANTS OF THE 707? HILLS. 
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XI — ROSACE. E. 
36. Xeurada Linn. 
*43. Xeurada procumbens Linn. Sp. Tl. 411 ; FI. Or. II, 735 ; 
F. B. I. II, 368. 
Zor Hills. No. 44. 
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Local name . — i( S'adan ” ( )• Muschlor also gives this name. 
Distrib. — From Sind and the Punjab to North Africa and Afghanis- 
tan. 
A curious little plant, whitish grey in colour find spreading along the ground. It 
bear* a thorny fruit round, flat, and haivl which is eaten by men when young and fresh. 
Animals graze ou it freely. The spreading arms of the plant sometimes run to 18 
inches along the ground. The seed germinates on the fruit which remains as a codar 
around the top of the root of the mature plant. 
XII — LEGUMINOSiE. 
SUB FAMILY I. M1MOSOIDEJS. 
37. Acacia Linn. 
*44. Acacia Seyal Del. FI. Aeg. 286, t. 52 f. 2 ; FI. Or. II, 636. 
Without locality or number. 
Local name. — “ Talh ” ( ^ ). Muschler states that the 
name “ talh ” is generally given to Acacia Seyal and occasionally to 
the closely allied species of A. tor tills Hayne which is often confused 
with it. 
Distrib . — Arabia, Upper Egypt and N. Africa. 
This tree 1 b prized for the good quality of gum arabic«thit it yields which is a 
valuable article of export. 
45. Acacia Farnesiana Willd. Sp. PL IV, 1083 ; FI. Or. II, 637 ; 
F. B. I. II, 292. 
Without locality or number. 
«/ 
Local name . — “ Karat ** ( oy ). Sir Percy Cox gives this name to 
another species of Acacia (see No. 47.) 
Distrib . — Cosmopolitan throughout the tropics. 
Boissier records it of Syria, Babylon and Egypt where probably it had originally 
been cultivated but has become naturalised to such an extent as to appear native. 
46. Acacia Jacqnemontii Bth. in Hook Lond. Journ. Bot. 1, 499; 
F. B. I. II, 293. 
Without locality or number. 
