of Western Af(jhanistan and North-Eastern Persia. 19 



of the pods are abortive and are full of the gum." "Without, 

 however, a further knowledge of the plant, I think it should 

 not have been identified as a new species, as in all probability 

 it will be found to be a species, already described, of Bunge. 

 The substance or drug called Sarcocolla in England, from 

 the Greek, meaning " flesh-glue," is known in Persia as 

 anzarut, anzrucl, anzcrut. It consists of pale yellow irregular 

 minute grains, somewhat like crushed resin, or some forms 

 of soft brown sugar, but more ii'regular in the size of the 

 particles ; it is said to be obtained from the surface of a 

 spinous shrub, collected much in the same way as manna, 

 being sliaken oft' the shrul) on to a cloth, laid on the ground 

 for the purpose of catching the falling grains. It is eaten by 

 the ladies of the Harem to improve their appearance, and to 

 give the skin a gloss, but is exported as a medicine. It is 

 said to be chiefly collected near Koin, Birjand, and Yezd, and 

 also not far from Turbat-i-Haidri. A false anzarut is 

 collected from tlie slirub MiCROKHYXCHUS SPINOSUS. 



Asus — ahus — ^J>^y*^\ — the extract Liqx^oeice, 

 obtained from the roots of Glycykehiza glabea. 



Asivarg — the flowers of Delphinium Zalil. 



Atdr — -jUsls. — a druggist, a jiedlar. 



Atish — (jijl — fire. 



Atish-haiy — lLJj-jJ^'j] — [fire -leaf], tiuder-box. The 

 holder of the fire-leaf. 



Atish-hai'k — iT^ u^j'l — [fire -lightning], the steel 

 employed in obtaining a light from flint. 



Atriplex Flabellum, Bunge. CHEXOPODiACEiE; and 



Atriplex Moneta, Bunge. Chenopodiace^. 

 Both these Atriplex go by the same names, frang, farang ; 

 they are considered excellent vegetables by the Afghans, and 

 I found them very good. 



AuBEEGiNE, or Egg-plant, Solanum Meloxgena. 

 Avranj — g^^l — the Orange, Citeus Aueantium. 



Avena fatua, Linn. Gramine^. 



The wild oat, gao-dclr, jaon-ddr, klagh-ddna-ddr, tak-tdk, 

 jao-tal-tak. A common weed in corn-fields. 



