34 Brigade- Surgeon J. E. T. Aitchison's Notes on Products 



Panjdeh a variety is grown yielding a fine fruit, whieh is 

 greatly exported. 



Cardamoms — the fruit of Elettaria Cardamomum. 

 Cardoon — Cynara Cardunculus. 



Carex physodes, Bieb. Cyperace/E ; and 

 Carex stenophylla, Wahlh. Cyperace^. 



These are called tut, and where they cover meadows, as at 

 Gulran, are considered excellent fodder and very fattening for 

 horses. 



Carrot — the root of Daucus Carota. The hill- 

 carrot ZOZIMIA ABSINTHIFOLIA. 



Carthamus tinctorius, Linn. Compositye. 



Safflower, kcijira, kdjura. The flowers gul-i-kdjlra. Is 

 cultivated to some extent as a field crop for the flowers, 

 which are employed as a dye stuff. On the 27th October 

 1884, between De-kamran and De-doda, I found a plant spread 

 over the country, which seemed to be either an escape or a 

 wild condition of this ; but alas, all the plants that I collected 

 at this, the most interesting, stage of our journey were destroyed 

 from having apparently lain in water for some time. The 

 petals are employed in the adulteration of Saffron, Crocus 



SATIVUS. 



Carum Bulbocastanum, W. D. J. Koch (?). Umbellifer.e. 



The tubers of this plant, Earth-nuts, yagi-shdk, jdgi-shdk, 

 jlri-shdk, jira-shdk, are collected to be eaten either raw, or 

 cooked as a vegetable. Another species of Carum, No. 152, 

 of my collection yields a tuber, called kors-i-gurla or kos-i- 

 gurba, meaning Cat-nuts. Pigs in searching and digging for 

 these tubers destroy the cultivation terribly. 



Carum copticum, Benth. et Hook. Umbellifer^. 



The Omum plant, and its seed, djwain, joivain, joanl. A 

 cultivated herb in gardens, grown for its fruit, which is in 

 great request as a condiment and medicine by the natives. 

 Ajkdn is an indigenous herb that is said to grow in tlie 



