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young leaves of the Asafoetida are used by the nomads who 

 may be encamped in tlie vicinity of the great Asafoetida-pro- 

 ducing plains. 



The ordinary vegetables met with cultivated are : — 



Brassica oleracea. 



CAMPESTRis, var. 



Brassica 



RAPA. 



Eaphaxus sativus. 

 Trigonella Fcenumgr^cum. 

 Lagenaria vulgaris, 

 luffa acutangula. 

 Benincasia cerifera. 

 CucuMis sativus. 



CUCURBITA PePO. 



Daucus carota. 

 Helianthds tuberosus. 



Ctnara Scolymus. 

 Cynara Cardunculus. 



CiCHORIDM EnDIVIA. 



Lactuca sativa. 

 Solanum Ly'COPERSICUM. 

 SOLANUM MeLONGENA. 

 SOLAXUM TUBEROSUM. 

 Amarantus PANICULATUS. 

 Beta vulgaris. 

 Spinacia oleracea. 

 Allium Cepa. 

 Allium sativum. 



Indigenous plants employed as vegetables : — 



Lepidium Draba. 

 CucuMis trigoxus. 

 Carum species. 

 Smyrnium cordifolium. 

 Ferula fcetida. 

 Zozimia absixthifolia. 

 Guxdelia Tourxefortii. 

 Centaurea moschata. 

 Tragopogox coloratum. 

 Scorzoxera mollis, 

 scorzoxera tuberosa. 

 Caccixia glauca. 



SOLAXUM XIGRUM. 



Orobaxche species. 

 Chexopodium Botrys. 

 Spixacea oleracea. 

 Atriplex Moneta. 

 Atriplex Flabellum. 

 Rheum Kibes. 

 Eremurus adraxtiacus 

 Eremurds Olg^. 

 Allium xiphopetalum. 

 TULIPA moxtaxa. 

 Fungi species. 



Vessels — 



For holding oil, clarified butter, &c., made from the pre- 

 pared skins and intestines of animals, are called daha-i-charm ; 

 made of vegetable glue, the glue-like substance obtained from 

 the roots of an Ekemueus are daha-i-siresh ; a large iron pot 

 or mortar is called deg. 



Vicia Ervilia, Willd. Legumixos^. 



Mashing, mushing, mash, ddas ; mash, however, is more 

 properly a PisuM, and ddas, Lens esculenta. Cultivated 

 as a field crop above 3000 feet. 



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