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



a very superior article to that locally manufactured, as at 

 Herat, or Meshad. The finest is of course that imported 

 from Europe, through Persia or via India. In lieu of soap 

 the great root-stocks of an Acanthophyllum, and of Gypso- 

 PHILA are sold in the bazaars. Barilla and lime are also 

 employed in the washing of wools and clothes. 



Soda — an impure carbonate of soda and potash, is 



called hhcir, ishkhdr; see Barilla. 

 SoJchta — inX.^^^ — tinder. 



Solanum Lycopersicum, Linn. Solanace^. 

 The Tomato, cultivated in gardens for its fruit, which is 

 employed as a vegetable. 



Solanum Melongena, L{7m. Solaxace.i:. 



The Brinjal, Aubergine, Egg plant, hanjcin, hddinjdn ; 

 Hindustani, haingan. Extensively cultivated in all gardens 

 for its fruit, which is much relished by the people as a 

 vegetable, and is, I think, with beet-root and carrots the most 

 commonly used vegetable. 



Solanum nigrum, Lmn. Solanace^. 



The Black Solanum, tdj'-i-rizi. A common weed, the 

 plant used as a vegetable, and the fruit, which is black, is 

 dried to be used as a medicine. The same species, in the 

 hills of India, has the fruit of a ripe apricot colour, and not 

 black. It is curious to note that tdj-i-rizl may mean either 

 a crown of grapes, which the fruit resembles, or a crown of 

 poison, as the word riz has both meanings. 



Solanum tuberosum, Li7m. SoLANACEiE. 



The Potato, scb-i-zcwiinz ; Hindustani dlu. Cultivated for 

 its tubers in Khorasan to a large extent, but not so much in 

 Afghanistan. 



Soma — 



The ancient name for a plant, which by late authorities 

 is considered as likely to have been an Ephedra, and is 

 supposed to be another form of the words hum, huvia. 



Soni ha I(a — Feu ula 8U avkolen s. 



