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Pesh — yioo — before, in front, beyond. 



Peivand — •^^jo — bound, fastened. 



Pewandl — tf joj.j.> — gTcafted . 



Peioand-ka rdan — ii^^^'^yJ<> — to graft. 



Phan — (jj'^j — (Sanscrit) the hood, or expanded head 



of a Cobra. 

 Phandhdr — ,jjjJ^j — pliandr (Sanscrit). 



A Cobra. Phcvndr is the name for Arum Gkiffithii and 

 for HELiocoPHYLLUiM CEASSIFOLIUM in these parts, owing no 

 doubt to the resemblance that their spathes have to the 

 expanded wood of a Cobra. 



Phaseolus Mungo, Liim., var. radiatus, Baher {Hook. Ft. 

 Ind.). Lbguminos^. 



Phaseolus radiatus, Linn. 



Mclsh, mush; the mung, or urcl of Hindustan. Cultivated 

 in Baluchistan, and on the Helmand. The pulse used as 

 food, and the refuse straw and leaves crushed and given as 

 dry fodder to cattle mixed with that of wheat and barley. 



Phaseolus vulgaris, Saei. LEGUJiiNos^i;. 



The Kidney-bean, common Haricot-bean, or French-bean, 

 loila, luhla. Cultivated freely on the margins of melon and 

 tobacco fields, where profuse irrigation is being carried out. 

 The beans are much eaten as food, and are found for sale in 

 all bazaars. 



PhcEnix dactylifera, Lhm. Palsied. 



The Date Palm. The Baluchistan name for the palm- 

 tree is mdch ; the fruit. Dates, khorma, khurmd. This palm 

 is cultivated in Baluchistan and Southern Persia ; the most 

 northern locality where it was met with by us was at Zagin. 

 The river Helmand may be considered its northern limit. 

 The fruit is imported from Southern Persia and Siestan to 

 Meshad and Herat, from whence it is exported to Turkistan 

 and Western Afghanistan. It is much relished by the 

 people, who have a superstitious regard for it as coming from 

 Mecca. It is partaken of at some of their holiest feasts. 

 This is one of the staple articles that the pilgrims from 

 Mecca carry with them for exchange, and payment of small 



