of Western Afghanistan and North-Eastern Persia. 11 



Amber — lalh-ruha, hdh-reivaJi. 



AVorn in the form of beads as amulets, and employed in 

 medicine. Imported to these parts chiefly through Persia. 



Ammoniacum — the gum -resin of Dorema Ammonia- 



CUM. 



Ammothamnus Lehmanni, Bunge. Legumixos^. 

 Called by the natives talkhak, meaning bitter-weed ; no 

 animals seem to eat this, or yet Sophora pachycakpa, 

 plants which, except in the flowering or fruiting stages, can 

 scarcely be distinguished from each other. 



Amruclia — *^^J5J-«^ — [small pear]. The term is 



technically applied to the indigenous pear tree, 



and its fruit, Pyrus species. 

 Amriid — ^»,j^^ — the cultivated pear of gardens, and 



its fruit; Pyrus communis. 

 Amulet — beads of Amber, pieces of Celtis wood, 



and seeds of C^salpinia Boxduc are usually 



worn as amulets or charms. 

 Anuh — < XXs. — the fruit and tree of the Jujube, 



ZlZYPHUS VULGARIS. 



Anabasis eriopoda, Benth. et HooTiei'. Chenopodiace^. 



Ishlan, ishlun, ishlun-i-handak. — By burning certain 

 Chenopodiaceous shrubs is obtained a coarse Barilla. This 

 plant is the one considered as giving the greatest yield, and 

 the best in quality of the alkali. 



Anabasis, species. Chenopodiace^. 



Herbarium specimens Nos. 54, 42, 1884. The shrub 

 called Id-raff, and an Anabasis on the Helmand was called 

 trlthJc and gidmai ; all these were said to be employed in 

 the manufactiire of Barilla. 



Ancir — -Jj>\ — the shrub and fruit of the Pome- 

 granate, PuNiCA Granatum. 



