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for even a short time, it gradually changes to a light yellow 

 and then orange-brown, and at last cannot be distinguished 

 by an ordinary observer from the gum-resin Galbanum. The 

 nomads collect Ammoniacum in quantity between Bezd and 

 Sher-i-nao — where I saw vast meadows of the plant — for 

 exportation to the sea-coast towns of Persia. It is curious that 

 none of this drug should ever be sent to India via Afghanistan. 



Dorema glabrum, Fiscli. et Mey. Umbelliferj:. 



Asp-i-kema, kcma-i-asp. This plant exudes a gum-resin, 

 of rather a brittle consistency, and of a light ruby colour, 

 which I myself saw in minute granules, but not in quantity 

 to collect, nor did I ever get any of it. 



Drab — the grass, Eragrostis cynosuroides. 

 Druggist — ddm-farosh, atdr, khruda-farosh. 

 Drugs, Medicines — ddim, dawd, adivla. 

 Drugs. 



I. Indigenous plants employed in medicine, or from which 

 are obtained substances used as drugs. 



Delphinium Zalil. The flowers, asharg, aswarg. 



Berberis vulgaris. The Barberry, an extract from the wood 



and root-stocks, Ihrdn. 

 PiOEMERiA HTBRiDA. The seeds, shafira. 

 Sisymbrium Sophia. The seeds, hhcik-shl. 

 ALTHiEA Hohenackeri. The seeds, tukhm-i-khatml ; and petals, 



gul-i-khatml : and Alth^a officinalis. 

 Malva stlvestris. The flowers, gul-i-khatml. 

 Zygophyllum Fabago. The crushed roots, as a poultice to 



clean sores, simang. 

 Peganum Harmala. The shrub is collected in heaps and 



burnt upon the presence of an epidemic. The seeds are 



employed in medicine, harmal, spand, ispand. 

 Balsamodexdron Mukul. The gum-resin, gugal. 

 PiSTACiA vera. The oil from the kernels, roghan-i-pista ; the 



gum-resin, kun-jad, icanjad ; and a turpentine obtained from 



the gum-resin. 

 PiSTACiA Terebinthus, var. mutica. The gvun-resin and a 



turpentine obtained from it, kunjad, loanjad. 

 Glycyrrhiza glabra. The root-stock, hekh-mahk; the extract 



Liquorice, mahk, rob-asus. 



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