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one, and is said not to grow wild in these regions, a specimen 

 should not be difficult to get. The same native names are 

 applied to an Elm, Ulmus species, but of course its fruit does 

 not yield a gummy substance of any sort; it is, however, a 

 cultivated tree in the regions above mentioned. 



Posh-e-Jcdr — [the bark (used) in work], posh-e-hhann ; 



the Elm, Ulmus species. 

 Post — »Jlvw_j.j — an external covering ; the skin, bark, 



shell. 

 Post-i-dndr — the rind of the fruit of Punica 



Graxatum. 

 Post-i-gurha-dala — the skin of the Marten. 

 Post-i-jouz — the rind, or bark^ of the Walnut fruit, 



or of the tree Juglans regia. 

 Post-i-kohndr — Poppyheads, Papaver somxiferum. 

 Post-i-limon — the dried skins of Lemons, Citrus 



MEDICA, var. 

 Post-i-naurinj — the dried skins of Oranges, Citrus 



AUEANTIUM. 



Post-i-pishaJc — cat-skins. 



Post-i-roba — fox-skins. 



Post-i-sia-ling — the root bark of Pruxus calycosus. 



Post-i-shdkh — the root bark of the Maple, Acer 



species. 

 Post-i-gl — cream. 

 Postin — 



A fur garment. A coat made of the skin of a sheep, the 

 skin beinsT tanned with the wool on. An immense trade is 

 done between Afghanistan and the surrounding countries, 

 especially with the frontier of India, in these furs. The 

 great centres of their manufacture and preparation are 

 Kabul, Kandahar, and Herat. 



Potash — ishndn (Arabic). 



Prangos pabularia, Lindl. TJmbellifer^. 

 The Prangos of Ladakh, hddlan-kohi. A very common 

 plant in the Badghis, growing in great clusters on the 



