of Western Afghanistan and North-Eastern Persia. 213 

 Takhm-i-khash-khdsh — the seed of Papaver somxi- 



FERUM. 



Takhm-i-khair, \ ,, i ^ * 



rr 11 -77 • ( tneseedOI ALTH.^A LAVATER.EFLORA, 



luKtim-i-khaira r ^ p ^^ • 



rr- T 1 -77 I ana oi otner species. 



luKliin-i-klieru, ) ^ 



Tukhm-i-lihatml — tlie seed of Alth.ea Hohexackeri. 



Takliui-i-n'da-fur — the seed of Ipomcea species. 



Tukhm-i-rehan — the seed of Ocymum pilosum. 



Tukhm-i-turl — the seed of Luffa, and Cucumis (?). 



Tukhm-i-murgh — an Qgg, the egg of the domestic 



fo\Yl. 



Tukhni-i-plla — silkworm eggs. 



Till — jp' — gum, glue, cement. 



Tulipa montana, Lindl. Liliace^. 



The Tulip, Idle, lata. This is the more common tulip of 

 these districts, which in spring characterises the stony arid 

 plains by the brilliancy of its inflorescence, varying in colour 

 from a deep red to pure yellow. The bulbs, gol-i-ldle, are 

 collected and eaten, and wliat I believe to be these bulbs, 

 from a specimen lot at present in the Kew Museum, when 

 deprived of their external coats, are passed off for, and sold 

 under the name of, sdlap, at Bombay. Tulipa humulis, which 

 is not uncommon, occurs in great beds, resembling in 

 appearance our English wood Anemone, and was considered 

 as such by several of those who accompanied the mission. 



Tumdku, tamdku — the plant, and prepared leaves of 



tobacco, NicoTiANA species. 

 Turh — ^-r^j^ — thurh — the radish, the plant and 



root of Raphanus sativus. 

 Turl — <syj — (Hindustani) Luffa acutangula, and 



sometimes this name is applied by the Persians to 



Cucumis sativus, but in the latter case it is 



probably a misnomer. 

 Turkamdnl — ^^JUy^J" — turkimdm, turkomanl — of or 



belonging to the Turkomans, the word is 



employed to identify certain products. 



