of Wcderii Afghanistan and North-Eastern Persia. Ill 



Kandal — the gum-resin Ammoniacum, or the pkint 

 yielding it. Dorema Ammoniacum. 



KandalCish — Jii'3^ — kandal-ldsh [a putrid carcase]. 

 A stinking kind of herb. 



Katidar — (Baluchi) the grass tEluropus littoralis. 



Kandlr — a cloth made of fibre. 



Kandur — the grass Erianthus Ravenn^e. 



Kandur — -j^ — (Arabic) the gum-resin Olibanum, 

 Frankincense, yielded by Boswellia species. 

 Mastich, the gum-resin of Pistacia species. 



Kandur-i-imml — ^^j^j^csXi — kundar-i-ruml, the true 

 Mastich, yielded by Pistacia Lentiscus. 



Kangar — -j.04 — the shrub Gundelia Tournefortii ; 

 the Artichoke, Cynara Scolymus. 



Kangni — ^^XtX^ — Hindustani for Setaria italica. 



Kanjak — «iCs^;i — in these parts is Pistacia Tere- 

 BiNTHUS var. mutica; is also a name applied to 

 an Elm, Ulmus species. 



Kanjld — ^j.:^/ — kanjlt — Sesamum indicum. 



Kanoucha — kanouncha. The seeds of a Labiate, 

 probably of a Salvia, employed in medi- 

 cine. 



Kao, koiv — Punjabi for Olea europea the indigen- 

 ous Olive. 



Kapds — ^JJJS — the Cotton plant, Gossypium her- 

 baceum. 



Kaj)-o-chist — the Turnsole, Crozophora tinctoria, 

 so called on the Helmand. 



Kd)' — ^'i" — work, labor. 



Kdr-o-zera — the fruit of a tree said to be cultivated 

 at Meshad and Teheran, employed as a purga- 

 tive. 



Kdr — -j\Ji — pitch, tar. 



Karakuli — 



Belonging to a district of Bokhara ; the name for a fine 



kind of kid-skin that comes from that country, the fur of 



which is highly valued. 



