152 Brigade-Surgeon J. K. 'V. Aitchison's Notes on Products 



debts. Of course, according to the pilgrim, the store they carry 

 with them has always come from Mecca, or Arabia at least, 

 and not been purchased at the last bazaar they passed 

 through. 



Fhog, pog — the glasswort tree, Calligonum comosum. 



Phragmites communis, Tmi. Gramine^. 



The common Reed, nCtl. Is abundant, growing in localities 

 where there is shallow slow-running water, on the sides of 

 irrigation channels, and similar localities where there is 

 plenty of moisture. In the young state it is cut and employed 

 as fodder. The stems are used in various ways — for the roofing 

 of huts, basket-work, mats, screens, and sometimes for local 

 pens. 



Phun-ddna — the seeds of Gossypium herbaceum ; 



cotton. 

 PicLZ — -^-Uj — the common Onion, Allium Cepa. 

 Pldz-khukl — [pig-onion], Ungernia trisph^ra. 

 Pig — khuk, khanzlr — Sus scrofa. 

 Pig-nuts — tubers of Carum species. 

 Pig-onion — Ungernia trisph.55ra. 

 Pila, pela — aXju — the cocoon of the silkworm, a 



button, a knot, the core of a boil, a seed, a root, 



the smallwares of a pedlar. 

 Pilgrim — of Mecca, hap ; of Meshad, mashdl. 



Pilgrims carry with them for exchange, or sale, 



Senna, Saffron, Dates, Cuttle-bone. 

 Pilpil — JwJLj — or Jilfil, 'pilpll, filfll — Red Pepper, 



Capsicum species. 



Pimpinella Anisum, Lhm. Umbellifer/E. 

 Anise. The fruit. Aniseed, hadldn. Cultivated in gardens 

 for its seed, to be employed as a condiment and in medicine. 



Pine Cone — Ndju, naoju ; guta (Kuram Valley). 



Finns Gerardiana, Wall. Conifers. 



Gerard's Pine. The tree, chtr, chil ; the seeds, or nuts, chll- 



