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side and green on the otlier {Chenopodium atripHcis?)^ yielding 

 a juice whiclx stains black ; this plant jbe says is very conimou 

 in Sind and Milltan, and is used for staining the black pattern 

 on the Sind pottery. Lastly, he mentions a plant called Khurii- 

 el-'asafir (sparrow's dung) with white leaves {Chenopodium 

 album ?)y and another which is called in Persia Ghasool, and 

 is used for dissolving lac dye, and as a substitute for ink, 

 Dr. Wattj in the Bktlonary of the Economic Frodads of ImUa^ 

 gives the following list of plants which are used in the manu- 

 facture of Sajji-khar or Barilla: 



Arthrocnemum indicum, Moq._ 



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Caroxylon foetidum, Moq... 

 .,, Griffithii, jfo^^. 



Salicornia brachiata, RoxK 

 Salsola Kali, WilUL 

 Suseda fruticosa, Fonk^ 



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indica, Moq. 

 nudiflora, Moq. 



Aitchison states that the name Idhlan (probably a mispromm- 



ciatiou of Ushuan) is applied in the Ilari-rud Valley to Anabasis 



erispoda, Benth. et Hook, f., which is used in preparing bavilla- 



In the Report on Punjab Products, it is stated that the plants 



are cut down during the cold months, dried and burnt in a pit 



of a hemispherical shape, about six feet in circumference and 



three deep, at the bottom of which one or more inverted earthen 



pots, having small holes in their bottoms, are sunk. The 



holes are kept closed at first, but when the alkali begins to run, 



they are cleared to allow it to fill the pots ; when cool it forms a 



porous mass of a greyish- white colour, consisting of carbonates 



of soda and potash, sulphate of soda , and organic matter. In 



native practice this substance is prescribed like our preparations 



of the caustic alkalies. It is the Sarjikakshara of the Raja 



l*firghaata and the Sajji of the bazars. 



