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galls in the tanning of sheep-skins to which the wool is still 

 attached. I doubt if the catechu obtained from this palm 

 is ever imported. 



Arenaria holosteoides, Edgew. Caryophylle.e. 



A prolific weed in wheat fields ; hence the native name 

 garulamah, or the wheatling. This is the name given to the 

 locality in Eastern Afghanistan where tlie celebrated treaty 

 of 1879, called Gandamak, was concluded. 



Arghawdn — ol>c;l — also arghamon — the Judas tree, 



Cercis Siliquastrum. 

 Arl — (Sj\ — Ara — sj] — the roots of the teeth. 

 Arl-lang — the bark from the roots of a Boraginaceous 



plant employed iu medicine. 



Aristida plumosa, Linn. Gramine.e. 



Honey grass, mazj. A most vividly green grass, occurring 

 in small tufts over the whole country, but most noticeable 

 on the sand-hills of Baluchistan, no doubt from the want and 

 scarcity of other vegetation. Greedily fed upon by sheep. 



Aromatic Powder — adula-deg. 

 Arsenic 



Is met with in several forms for sale iu all the larger 

 bazaars ; imported chiefly through Persia proper to these 

 regions, to be employed for dyeing with, as a poison, or in 

 medicine. "White arsenic, marg-i-mush. Impure arsenic, 

 sankhla. Yellow arsenic or orpiment, zarna, zarnlkli. 



Artemisia campestris, Linn. Composit.e ; and 

 Artemisia maritima, Linn. Composite. 



These two common British plants, our field and sea 

 Artemisiae, both called trek, exist everywhere over the dry 

 and stony country, forming the chief fodder for cattle 

 on those arid tracts ; their root stocks and apparently 

 ever dry stems, over many districts, are the mainstay of the 

 traveller for fuel. Owing to their value for fuel they do not 

 exist for miles round large villages, as in those places these 

 shrubs are regularly hunted down and exterminated. As 



