12 Brigade- Surgeon J. E. T. Aitchison's Notes on Pivducts 



Anchusa Italica, Befz. Boraginb>e. 



A very handsome weed in cornfields, the corollas col- 

 lected to be exported, and employed in local medicine, r/ul-i- 

 gao-zaban. 



Andar — ^JvJl — more or most rare (Arabic). 

 Andar-ultih, converted sometimes to Indarlutlh 



[the rare scent]. The root stocks of Valeriana 



Wallichiana. 



Andropogon laniger, Desf. Gramine^. 



A highly-scented, aromatic grass, by no means uncommon 

 all over the dry country ; readily noticed when crushed 

 under foot by its odour. 



A ngahin — (jj^x^j ! — Honey. 



A ngreZ' — y-?.^^'^\ — English . 



Angur — -j^O] — Grapes, the fruit of Vitis vinifeea. 



Angurak — >^^0] — a small grape, or grape-like. The 



fruit of Astragalus Gompholobium. 

 Anguza — aj^O] — the gum resin of Ferula fcetida ; 



Asafoetida. 

 Anguza-kema — the plant Ferula fcetida. 

 Aniline — jaohar. 



These dyes are very largely employed in these parts, for 

 which purpose they are greatly imported into this country ; 

 although it is generally reported that, in Persia at least, the 

 Government punish those found employing them. 



Anise, Aniseed — hddidn — the fruit of Pimpinella 



Anisum. 

 Anjadcm — ^^lJ^.s^jl — an umbelliferous fruit, collected 



to be employed in medicine and as a condiment ; 



also called gid-^xir. 

 Anjlr — ^j.:s\j| — a fig, the fruit and shrub Ficus 



Carica. 

 Anjlr-kohl — the indigenous [hill fig], Ficus Carica. 



