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Lagenaria vulgaris, Seringe. Cucurbitace^. 



The bottle gourd ; this is commonly cultivated to be used 

 as a vegetable. The larger fruits are employed to be made 

 into water-holders chilimi, for the huka, and the smaller 

 nashwdri are converted into bottles for holding snuff. 

 The finest specimens of the last are said to be brought from 

 Samarkand. A well-known variety comes from Central 

 Asia, hence its name JcdsJighar, hdshJcar. 



Lahsan — ^^^ — (Hindustani) Garlic, Allium 



SATIVUM. 



Ldjward — 15;>^^ — Lapis-lazuli. 



Lak — .«3J — Idk — ^^^J — Lac, gum-lac, sealing-wax. 



LaJch — ^^ — hard, a rock, a stone. 



Ldk-jmsht — CJiu^^':^ — [hard-backed]. A Tortoise, 



Testudo species. 

 Ldl — jjJ — a gem, a ruby, blood, red. 

 Ldla — aXx] — a tulip, a poppy. By the Afghans the 



name for the Poppy only. 

 Ldla-clukhtar, Idla-daklitar — yji::Ldi>^'^ — [the red 



daughter]. 



The poppies, Papaver dubium, Papaver pavonixum, also 

 EcEMERiA RHCEDIFLORA. These are gTeatly admired by the 

 Afghans and Persians, with Tulipa Montana, for their bright- 

 coloured flowers, which are certainly most attractive, in early 

 spring, spread in great masses all over the plains. 



Ldle — Ji'S — the Tulip, Tulipa Montana ; the bulbs, 

 goll-ldle. The Afghans were very particular in 

 the pronunciation of the words ldla, a poppy, and 

 Idle, a tulip. 



Landdr — Codonocephalum Peacockianum. 



Lang — ^^Jj<\ — Lame, maimed, paralytic ; ling, the leg, 

 the low^er limb from the thio;h downw'ards. 



Lang -ash — [producing paralysis]. Darnel - grass, 

 LoLiuM temulentum. a kind of pea, though 

 Lathyrus sativus was not so called. 



Lapis-lazuli — ldjward. 



