ccharoid, Amaranthaceae,
were the most common plants, Gnaphalium, Lippia; _Purwas_, occurs
scantily.

_14th_.--Detained till 12 P.M. by bad weather. Sissoo not uncommon but
small, _Babool_, the true sweet scented sort. The Colocynth seen in
fruit much like an apple, not ribbed; it has the usual structure of the
order, viz. 3-carpellary with revolute placentae, so much so, that they
are placed near the circumference; seeds very numerous, surrounded with
pulp, not arillate: no separation taking place; oval, brown, smooth. In
fields here, a wild strong smelling Umbellifera occurs, called _Dhunnea_,
used as a potherb, and esteemed very fragrant by the natives. Besides
the absence of an arillus, there is another anomaly about the above
Colycynth, which is, that between each placenta a broad partition
projects from the wall of the fruit, usually provided with 3-septa, so as
to be divided into two chambers, these contain seeds, the funiculi
passing completely through them; seeds are also contained between the
outermost septa and the placentae themselves.

Passed two or three villages. The Persian wheels continue in vogue;
their site is always on a sufficiently high and tenacious bank. I
observed some wells, communicating with the river by an archway in the
bank. Most of the cattle are blinded by the conical blinkers or hoods
over the eyes.

_15th_.--Halted at a village partly washed away, surrounded by a good
deal of wheat and radish cultivation. The mango tree and Moringa also
occur here with the larger _Babool_, which invariably has long white
thorns. The small Sissoo still occurs. Snake bird seen, black crowned
tern.

The river remains most uninteresting; the banks are low and covered
chiefly with _Jhow_. In many places recent shells are very abundant, but
do not appear to be composed of more than three species. Reseda,
Oligandra in fields.

_16th_.--No change in the country. Heavy fog yesterday morning; to-day
strongish north-east winds. Grass and _Jhow_ about equal.

_17th_.--Cloudy, drizzling, raw weather; river more sluggish; more
villages and more cultivation: Phascum, and Gymnostomum common on
tenacious sand banks.

_18th_.--Weather unsettled; windy and rainy. _Jhow_ and grass jungle
continue, Tamarisk, _Furas_ fine specimens, Fumaria continues in fields,
Capparis aphylla, which has something of a Cactoid habit, and whose
branches abound with stomata, Reseda.

_19th_.--Weather finer but still