of Western Afghanistan and North- Eastern Persia. 27 



Biborate of Soda. 



Borax, tanaJcdr, tanakdl, tunakdr, tinJcdl, tinkdr, tingdr ; 

 crystalline Borax, kalmi. Is imported through Persia, to be 

 employed chiefly by iron and tin smiths ; a little is used by 

 goldsmiths. 



Bi-ddna — ajIjvjo — seedless, without seeds, applied 



to special kinds of raisins, pomegranates, and 



other fruits, when seedless. 

 Bll — j^jj — a shovel-like spade, with a long handle 



of willow wood. 

 BirJje — the Galbanum plant, Ferula galbaniflua. 

 Blrzad — ^^jj — hlrzand, hlrzat. The Galbanum 



plant, Ferula galbaniflua. 

 Black — sla, sham, shorn, khul. 

 Black Pepper — the fruit of Piper nigrum. 

 Bod — l^j — Arabic for the Nutmeg, the kernel of the 



fruit of Myristica fragrans. 

 Bdl — (S^i — odour, fragrance. 

 Bola — Ij^j — odoriferous, fragrant. 

 Bol-kohl — cf;b^^ iSyi — or hul-hihl — [the scent of the 



hills], Bdellium, the gum-resin of Balsamoden- 



DRON species. 

 Bdl — ^yi — Myrrh, the gum-resin of Balsamoden- 



DRON MYRRH A. 



BoRAGiNACEOUs. The root bark of a Boraginaceous 



shrub, employed in medicine, arl-lang. 

 Borax, Biborate of Soda. 



BOSWellia, species. BURSERAOE/E. 



Yields the gum-resin Frankincense or Olibanura — alk, alak, 

 dlk, dlak, ilk, alk-ul-lahdn, alk-iindaru, alk-kundaru, alk- 

 kundar, kundur, ganda-firoza. Is imported into Meshad 

 from the south and west, and passed on through Herat and 

 Cabul to India in very small quantities ; it is an extremely rare 

 and scarce product in these parts. Is considered a valuable 

 resin-medecine for stopping bleeding. 



Bottle-Gourd — Lagenaria vulgaris. 



