of Wcdcrn Afghanistan and North- Eastern Persia. 9 



I took little note of this matter, as since then I have seen 

 that on the juice of certain Alliums being exposed to the 

 action of the air it takes on a bright red colour. 



Allium xiphopetalum, Aitch. et BaJi-er. LiLiACEiE. 



A strongly garlic-scented plant, collected and eaten as a 

 vegetable by the natives, who look upon it as a sort of 

 garlic, hence its name sir-pidz-ak. 



Almldk, dlmalul- — ^^^1] — In Afghanistan the fruit 

 of DiosPYROS Lotus is so called. A clierry in 

 Arabia. 



Almoxd. The fruit and kernal of Prunus Amyg- 



DALUS. 



Althaea Hohenackeri, Buiss. ^Malvacej:, 



An indigenous shrub, with handsome large flowers, clumps 

 of which are very showy and characteristic of the country 

 in which it grows, resembling much our cultivated Holly- 

 hocks. 



Althaea lavateraeflora, D.C. Malvace^. 



The flowers gul-i-khatmi, the seeds tulhm-i-khaira, or 

 khair, khairii, kheru, the roots resha-khatmi. A cultivated 

 plant usually grown on the ridges between fields. It is 

 gTown not only for the showiness of its flowers, but for 

 the petals, which are collected as they fall off the plant, as 

 well as for the seeds, and for its roots, all of which are 

 exported, or employed in local medicine. 



Althsea officinalis, Linn. Malvaceae. 



The Marsh-mallow, kluulmi. In the Harirud valley, not 

 uncommon near villages and in wet soil. The petals are 

 collected to be employed in medicine. 



Altib, or Ultlb — v^^lall — can this be a corruption, and 

 contraction of the Arabic word clllatlm — j^^Ia^l — 

 ^.^y ^\ — meaning the musk, or any odour with 

 which they perfume the temples? 



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