SOME PLANTS OF THE ZOR HILLS. 
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Listrib . — From Persia to Arabia and Egypt. 
Said to be a common species of Tamar is in this locality. Sir Percy Cox calls it 
the dwarf tamarisk, and says that it grows by the seaside. He associates it with 
T. indica Willd. 
* 72 . Tamarix sp. ? 
Zor Hills ; without number. 
Local name . — Arab. “ tarfa ” ( bj* ) Pers. “ gaz ” ( / ). Muschler 
assigns the name ** tarfa >} to T. tetragyna Ehrenb. which according to 
Boissier occurs in Arabia, Mesopotamia and Egypt. 
The commonest species in the Zor Hills. 
XIX— CISTACEJB. 
53. Helianthemum Pers. 
73. Helianthemum salieifolium L. Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. VIII, 21 ; FI. 
Or. I, 441. 
Zor Hills. No. 64. 
Local natne.—“ Jarraid” ( ) . 
Listrib. — Persia to Asia Minor, the Mediterranean region and 
Central Europe. 
This is not a common plant but is apparently somewhat prized by the Bedouins. 
Its uses, however, are not generally known. 
74. Helianthemum Lippii Pers. Syn. II, 78; FI. Or. I, 443. 
Zor Hills. No. 85. 
Local name. — ■" Ragrog ”, {£»>)) . Muschler gives it the name of 
<c ralah 3> or “ ra'al 
Listrib. — Persia to Asia Minor and Egypt. A variety of this 
species was discovered by Stocks in Beluchistan. 
It is a small plant with a woody stock, small yellow flowers, and fruits of the size of 
a peppercorn which at first are reddish yellow but dry into a neutral whitish tinge. It 
grows in mud plots between sand hills. Ail kinds of grazing animals feed on it. It 
is believed that the land where it grows is sure to produce large quantities of the edible 
fungi called “ fukaiah,” ) which the English at Basrah eat as truffles. 
XX — PRIM UL ACE Ji 
54. Anagallis Linn. 
75. Anagallis arvensis L. Sp. PI, 148 ; FI. Or] IV 6; F. B. I. m 
*606. 
Zor Hills. No. 68. 
