SOME PLANTS OF TEE ZOR HILLS 
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Distrib , — Asia Minor to Italy. W. Himalayas. 
This small shrub has a long spreading root that goes deep into the soil. 
XXVII— PLAXTAGINACEdE. 
64, Plant ago Linn. 
86. Plantago Loeflinffii Linn. Sp. PL, 115 ; FI. Or. IV, 883. 
Zor Hills. No. 50. 
Local name Asab’i uFurus ” I which means “ bride- 
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groom’s fingers ”. 
Distrib . — From Persia westward to Asia Minor and Greece, North 
Africa and the interior of Spain. 
It is easily distinguished from the following species of Plantayy (see below) in 
having the club-shaped seeds longer than in those two. Tho leaves are curiously 
toothed or spiked. The seeds are eaten by the Arabs like those pf P. ovata Forsk, 
The plant is not common. 
87, Plantago ovata Forsk. FI. Aegypt. Arab. 31 ; FI. Or. IV, 885 ; 
F.B.I. IV, 707. 
Zor Hills. No. 79. 
Local name . — “ Braiho ” )♦ In India it is generally known 
under the name of “Ispaghul” a word said to be derived 
from Pere. “asp” {^\) a “horse” and Arab, “ghol” (Jy) an “ear” 
in allusion to shape of the leaves. 
Distrib . — From Persia to Spain and the Canaries. In India in the 
Punjab and in the low hills westwards from the Sutlej. 
This plant closely resembles the above species but its flower-heads are shorter and 
rounder while its leaves are very, thin like hairs and entire. The seeds are used by the 
Arabs as a laxative. They are demulcent and are official in the British Pharma- 
copoeia (19 H) under the name of “ Ispaghula”. They are often called “Spogei” 
seeds. 
88. Plant ago Coronopns Linn. Sp. PI. 115 ; FI. Or. IV, 8S8. 
Zor Hills. No. 10. 
Local name . — “ Riblah ” ) . 
Distrib . — -From Persia westward to Asia Minor, the Mediterranean 
region and Egypt, also Afghanistan. Common in England especially 
by the sea and known as “ Stages .Horn Plantain ”. 
A grasslike plant that never grows to ever 4 inches in height. It is found 
everywhere except in swamps and is eaten by the Arabs. All grazing animals feed 
on it. 
