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Eugenia caryophyllata, Tlmnherrj. Myrtxvce^. 

 (Caryophyllus aromaticus, Linn.) 



The clove plant. Cloves, mclckak, kalamfur, and karanful ; 

 but this last name is applied by the Turkomans to the 

 Capsicum fruit, and its pepper. Cloves are extensively im- 

 ported through Persia ; they are chiefly used by the better 

 classes as a condiment niLxed amonost tea. 



Eulophia campestris, Lindley. Orchide^. 



Is by no means very rare in the Punjab, Baluchistan, and 

 Afghanistan. Its tubers are collected in the Punjab, and 

 make up the ordinary Salep of Lahore. When the present 

 railway bridge was being constructed over the Chenab, at 

 Wazirabad, some of the islands over which the bridge was 

 built were one season covered with this orchis, specimens of 

 which were sent to me by Captain Clerk, and which are now 

 in the Herbarium at Kew. 



Euphorbia cseladenia, Boiss. Euphorbiace^. 



Alaf-i-shvr-d(j, do-tarnaJc, do-targanak, gdo-targanak. The 

 milky juice of this plant is employed in lieu of rennet for 

 curdling milk to make cheese. It, however, is said to give a 

 very bitter taste to the curds. 



Euphorbia cheirolepis, Fisch. et Mey. EuraoRBiACEiE. 

 Palti, roz-gard, roj-gard. The Euphorbia of the sand- 

 dunes of Baluchistan, where its milky juice was called 



khlr. 



Euphorbia osyridea, Boiss. EupnoRBiACEiE. 



Gishar. The long, whip-like shoots of this plant, during 

 winter, much resemble tlie rod-like stems of Peeiploca 



APHYLLA. 



Euphorbia, species. EuPHORBiACEiB. Specimens No. 72, 

 collected October 21, 1884. 



Collected on the banks of the Helmand, where it was said 

 to be employed as a dye, called shir-go, shir-gid. 



European— /ara??^i. 



