22 Brifi-ade-Suroeoii J. E. T. Aitchison's Notes on Products 



Balut — la^Xj — an oak, Quercus species. 

 Bamboo-grahs — hdrsJionk, Pennisetum dichotomum. 

 Bail, ban — ^L — bun, bana — a tree, a root, in 



Balucliistan the name for Pistacia Terebinthus, 



var. MUTICA. 

 Banaush, benaush, binatish — the Ash tree, 



Fraxinus oxyphylla, and another species. 

 Band — *Xaj — a knot, a joint, a mound, a dyke, a 



dam, a weir. 

 Band-ak, bandakai, bandukai — Ephedra foliata, 



Calligonum species, and Anabasis eriopoda, 



all so named from the joints or nodes found 



occurring on their stems. 

 Bandaka — ajjjsaj — a little ball^ or round stone. 

 Bang — i^j'j — bhang — tf-^^l^j — Indian hemp. Canna- 

 bis SATIVA. 

 Banjan — Aubergine, Solanum Melongena. 

 Bdnu — -^Jlj — a lad}^, a princess. 

 Barak — i*5^j — the fine soft hair of the camel, or a 



fabric made from it, Camlet. 

 Bdrang — lL^Jj'j — the seed of a Plantago employed 



in medicine. 

 Bdrang -bola — L^j, tijXi — [the scented barang~\. 



The seed of an Artemisia, used as a drug. 

 Barberry — Berberis vulgaris. 

 Barg — viJ^-j — a leaf. 

 Barg-a-bana — [the leaves of the tree]. The leaves 



of Pistacia Terebinthus, var. mutica. 

 Barg-a-sumdghk — [the leaves of the Sumach]. The 



leaves of Rhus Coriaria. 

 Barilla — khdr, ishkhdr. 



The Alkali of the country, a very impure carbonate of 

 soda and potash, manufactured by burning various salsola- 

 cious shrubs — Salsola fcetida, Salsola arbuscula, 

 SuJiDA FRUTicosA, Haloxylon Ammodendron, and several 

 species of Anabasis, besides others ; but Anabasis eriopoda 

 is considered the best for the purpose. The substance thus 



