108 Brigade-Surgeon J. E. T. Aitchison's Notes on Products 



tar, or from to, tor, the latter meaning sweetheart, beloved, 

 a peach ; as koh-tor the name for Stocksia, and for Lycium, 

 translated by the natives as " Hill-peach," whereas the 

 translation should more literally be the " Beloved of the 

 Mountains." This, I think, ought to lead us back from China 

 towards Persia or Central Asia, if language will help to do 

 it, as to the locality of the origin of the Peach. Eoyle gives 

 dru as the general name for Peach in Persia ; this, as I have 

 already stated, is a Hindustani corruption for dlu, and in 

 North-West India the Peach is known as dru, and the 

 Nectarine as mundla-dru [the shaven or shorn Peach]. At 

 Peshawur, the Peach is as often called Ijy the Persian name 

 shaft-dlu. The hulloo of Poyle is in all likelihood a misprint 

 for hidu, the Teheran name. 



Psammogeton setifolium, Boiss. Umbellifer^. 



KJhdr-a-bdia, khdr-a-hla. A very common herb all over 

 the country, well known for its fruit, which is much gathered 

 as an aromatic flavouring, and employed in medicine. It 

 is said to be common at Koin, and Birjand. It obtains its 

 name, " the thorny scented," from the stiff sharp hairs that 

 cover the aromatic fruit. 



Pteropyrum Aucheri, Jauh. et Spach. PoLYcoNACEiE. 



KJiar-whang-khush. A common shrub, in the arid tracts, 

 easily noticed from the brilliancy of its almost scarlet fruit. 

 Is considered a favourite fodder with the donkey ; hence its 

 name. 



Pul — ^yi — a bridge. 

 Pulley — chamhdra, charkh. 



Pieces of the stems of various shrubs are bent into a loop, 

 and attached by carriers to their ropes; these wooden loops 

 act as pullies in tightening the ropes whilst lading beasts of 

 burden. They are of immense assistance for the purpose to 

 which they are applied, and are therefore to be found for sale 

 in all bazaars. The best are considered to be made from the 

 stems of CoTONEASTER NUMMULARIA, or of the roots of 



ZlZYPHUS VULGARIS, 



Pulse — 



The seeds of several species of the Leguminos^e are found 



