1871 .] The District of Dev a Ismail Khan, Trans-Indus. 
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Passing from tlie geology to the botany of the district, I annex 
a list of the common and characteristic plants. These have been 
identified partly by the aid of Dr. Stewart’s * Panjab Plants,’ but 
chiefly by a friend in England, Mr. Daniel Hanbury, F. P. S. The 
botanical names are in most instances followed by the vernacular. 
Ranuncalacece. 
Clematis graveolens, Hook., zamfrf. Shaikhbud'm. 
CrucifercB . 
Moricandia tortuosa, Hook. f. et Th. 
Capparidece. 
15.* c - Capparis aphylla, L., karfl. 
Violarieoe. 
Viola cinerea, Boiss., makhan bhdta. 
Moringacece. 
Moringa pterygosperma, soanjna. 
Tiliacece. 
27. - Grrewia betuloe folia, Juss. fnzar. gangi. Shmkhhadin . 
—-- .- oppositi folia, Buch., daman pastona. 
Sapindacecs. 
31. - Dodoneea Burmanniana, D’C., shamshad. ShailcJibudm, 
Meliacem. 
33. - Melia azadarachta, L., drek or bakam. 
Zygophyllece. 
Eagonia cretica, L. ispalgzai (dhama or spalaghzai). 
37. - Tribulus (alatus, Del. ?), bhakra or gokhrd. 
Rutacecs . 
38. -Peganum Harmala, L. harmal. 
Celastrinece. 
Celastrus spinosus, Don. 
Rhamnecs . 
43 or 44. —— Zizyphus Lotus, Lam. ber. 
Zizyphus jujuba ber, a good-sized tree. 
leguminosce . 
50. --Acacia arabica, Willd., kikar. 
57.-Alhagi Maurorum, D’O., jhawan or jawan, yields the 
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* The numbers refer to pages in Stewart’s ‘ Panjab Plants.’ 
