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them to eat on their journeys. A fine variety of the fruit 

 grows near the Oxus; Mr Merk brought me some from there; 

 it was certainly larger than that ordinarily obtainable, and 

 if fineness means a nearer approach to cotton wool and ashes, 

 then they certainly were finer. A spirituous liquor (from 

 which is obtained the new Persian pick-me-up " Zingit ") and 

 an oil, roghan-i-sinjit, are said to be prepared from the fruit by 

 the Turkomans. The wood is liard, and said not to be easily 

 affected by water, hence it is chosen for building bridges, 

 and is employed wherever wood has to be brought for any 

 time in contact with water; it makes good fuel. 



Elettaria Cardamomum, Maton. SciTAMiNEiE. 



The Cardamom plant. Cardamoms, hcil, Ml, hab-i-hal, hah-i- 

 hll, are imported in some quantities, both through Persia and 

 India; they are much used as a condiment, and in addition 

 to being locally consumed, are exported to Turkistan. The 

 skins are called hil-i-hoza or hil-i-goza and the seeds ddna- 

 Ml. 



Elm — Ulmus Montana, and another species. 

 English — angrez. 



Entada, species. Lkguminos^. 



The seeds, kors-i-hamar, imported from India through Persia, 

 to be employed in medicine. 



Ephedra foliata, Boiss. Gnetace^. 



Bandak, handakai, handukai, hum-i-handak. So named 

 from the corky nodes on the stems resembling knots or 

 joints. 



Ephedra pachyclada, Boiss. GNETACEiE. 



Hum, huma, haoma, um, uma, yehma, koresh, kJwresh, kJiushk- 

 targ (Koin), mdo (Khyber). A stiff bush, about three feet in 

 height, consisting of close pressed, erect, leafless, jointed stems, 

 occurring on stony barren ground, common from Quetta to 

 Mesh ad. The fruit is red and fleshy, and is eaten by 

 children. The stems are employed in dyeing yellow, and 

 this colour is said to be given without the addition of any 

 other material. The stems are also crushed into a powder 



