SOME PLANTS OF THE ZOU 111LLS. 
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Distrib. — From Persia westward to the Canaries. Found in India in 
the plains and hills of the N. W. India. Common in Fngdand and 
known as “ Cudweed.” 
This species grows in sandy soils and is common round Gishftniya but has not been 
observed further south. It is easily confounded with auother plant called saadan, 
“ s’adan ” Neurada procumbens L. (No. 43). 
60. Pulicaria Gaortn. 
03. Pulicaria gnapltalodes Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, VI, 73; FI. Or. 
Ill, 203; F. B. I. Ill, 299. 
Without locality or number. 
Local name. — “ Nafeej”. 
Distrib. — Persia, Turkistan and Afghanistan. 
76. Anthemis Linn. 
94. Antliemis ©dontosfcepliaiia Bo^s. Diagn. Ser. I, VI, 85 ; FI. Or 
III, 319; F. B. I. Ill, 312. 
Zor Hills, No. 37. 
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Local name . — “ Chahwiyan.” *^). 
Distrib. — Persia, Afghanistan and Beluohistan. In India found in 
Sind and the Punjab. 
It resembles the ox-eyed daisy very closely. It is common especially in the sand 
hills but grows everywhere out of the swamps. Grazing animals feed on it but no* 
very freely. Men make no use of it. 
71. Matricaria Linn. 
05. Matricaria sp 
Zor Hills. No. 7. 
Local name. — “ Gargas” or iC Garais ” or 
This plant nerer grows above 6 inches in height and occurs both singly and in 
clumps. It is very common everywhere and men use it for seasoning and eat it by itself 
for its hot taste. The principal use of “gargas”, however, is in the manufacture of 
“ igfc” 0^*1) the curious brick cheese of the Bedouins which is an article of sale 
in the Koweit bazar. This product is a provision for the hot weather and the Bedouins 
use it both dry and moistened with water and pounded with dates. To make “ igt ” the 
flowers of “gargaa ” are dried and boiled into a cheesy consistency with “ liban ” which* 
according to the Bedouin dialect around Koweit, means butter milk. 
72. Senccio Linn. 
96. Senecio coronopifolius Desf. FI. Atlant. 11, 273 ; FI. Or. 
Ill, 390; F. B. I. Ill, 341. 
Zor Hills, No. 25. 
