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SOME PLANTS OF THE ZOB HILLS. 
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Local name. — “ Babul ” ( ) 
Distrib . — Arabia and Afghanistan. In India it is found only in 
Upper India. 
Boissier does not record A . J acquemontii bat quotes A, eburnea which has 
generally the same habit, differing chiefly in the pod. 
47. Acacia sp. 
Oman. Without number. 
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Local name,— Arab. “ ghaf ” ( ) ; Pers. “ karat ” ( o y ). 
Muschler gives “qarad” (pods) as the name for Acacia arabica Willd 
var. nilotica Forsh. 
Sir Percy Cox suggests that it may be Acacia arabica Willd. but Boissief does not 
mention the occurrence of this species in West .Asia. It has. however, been found in 
JCgypt, Abyssinia and Nubia. 
48. Acacia sp. 
Oman. Without number. 
F * J>/ 
Local name. — Arab, “samr” ( ) Pers. “ babul ” ( ). Sir 
Percy Cox calls it Acacia vera Willd. which is a synonym for Acacia 
arabica Willd. Muschler, however, identifies “ samr 3> or “ sammur ” 
with A . spirocarpa Hoohst which is indigenous to Arabia Petrase. 
SUB FAMILY II. CjESALPINIOIDEE. 
38. Cassia Linn. 
49. Cassia obovata Collad. Hist. Cass. 92, t. 15 ; FI. Or. II, 631 ; 
F. B. I. II, 264. 
Oman. Without number. No local name. 
Distrib .— Persia to North Africa and Beluchistan. In India it is 
found in the Punjab, Sindh and South India. 
In India it is sometimes called country Senna and is occasionally to be seen in the 
bazars. 
SUB FAMILY III. PAPILIOHATjE. 
39. Trigouelia Linn. 
50 . Trifonella polycerata L. Sp. PI. 777 ; F. B. I. II, 87. 
T. brahuica Boies. FI. Or. II, 73. 
Zor Hills. No. 66. 
