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and said to be cultivated throughout Central Asia for its 

 leaves, which are greatly used in dyeing, especially in dyeing 

 silks. The leaves as sold in the bazaars are called larg-a- 

 sumdghk. Can it be this tree that is called posh-i-khdm, 

 and yields zuft at Maimana ? 



Rice — the plant Oryza sativa, and its grain. 



Ricinus communis, Lin7i. EuPHORBiACEiE. 



The Castor Oil plant, hcd-anjir, haz-anjir. Cultivated 

 throughout the country, round the margin of cotton, tobacco, 

 or melon fields, for its seed, from which the chief oil for 

 burning is obtained, rdgJian-i-haz-anJlr. Imported " cold 

 drawn " castor oil is well known as a medicine, and so are 

 the seeds of a Croton, but neither the local oil nor the seeds 

 of this plant are employed as medicine. Indeed, the 

 people would never admit that the oil could be of use as a 

 drug except at Hosenabad. Household tapers, maluk, are 

 made by crushing the seeds along with raw cotton wool 

 until the oil is expressed, and then rolling the cotton laden 

 with oil into the form of tapers ; these are made, as required, 

 for household use. 



Rtsmdn — ^U^^j. — rasman — ^^,'♦^ , — razmdn — a rope, 



twine, and string. 

 River — rud, darla. 



Riiods — LT-'^r!. — Rheum Ribes, the edible rhubarb. 

 Riz, raz — ; — grapes, poison. 

 Roh — »«_» — rob, rub — juice, syrup, inspissated 



juice. 

 Rob-al-sus — (j^3.*m!'-_., — rob-a-sus — [the syrup of 



the root], liquorice, the extract made from the 



roots of Glycyrrhiza glabra. 

 Roba, ruba — '.j. — robbing, stealing, carrying off. 

 Robcl — s j_j. — robcA — A..^, — a fox, VuLPES species. 

 Rodan — ^^^. — rddcuyj — wf-C-i^, — madder, the plant 



and dye-stufl" of Rubia TI^X'TORUM. 



Roemeria hybrida, D'C. PAPAVERACEiE. 

 Ldla-dukhfar, shatira. The seeds of this poppy are 

 employed in medicine. 



