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



are imported from India and Southern Persia, chiefly for 

 exportation to Turkistan. 



Zw — -j^j — sl7\ zil. Under, below, beneath. 



Zir-halah — [(the thorn) under the leaf] ; the Bar- 

 berry, Berberis vulgaris. 



Zlr-harg — [(the thorn) under the leaf] ; the Bar- 

 berry, Berberis vulgaris. 



Zir-hdr, zei'-hclr — ^^b^-jj — impoverished ; the Bar- 

 berry, Berberis vulgaris. 



Zlrishk, slrishk, zarishk — t^5^j — the preserved or 

 dried fruit of Berberis vulgaris. 



Zlrishk-shlrm — [sweet zirislih.~\, corinths, or currants, 

 the dried fruit of Vitis vinifera. 



Zirishk-tursh — [acid zi7'ishk~\ ; the dried Barberry, 

 Berberis vulgaris. 



Zw-khdr — [the thorn under (the leaf)] ; the Bar- 

 berry, Berberis vulgaris. 



Zira — x^jj — jlra — ^j.jj- — an umbelliferous fruit, 

 sometimes that of Cuminum Cymanum. 



Zlra-sla — an umbelliferous fruit that is almost black. 



Zlwcin — {^^yij — darnel, Lolium temulentum ; a 

 weed growing amongst wheat, the seed of which 

 causes inebriety and madness. 



Ziziphora tenuior, Linn. LABiATi&. 



Kdkidi. Employed much in medicine, owing to its strong 

 aroma of peppermint. 



Zizyphus vulgaris, Lam. RnAMNACEiE. 



The Jujube, dnab, tahar-khun ; the fruit, dndb. The 

 indigenous form is a shrub, rarely a tree; it grows in the 

 deeper valleys of theBadghis, forming a dense low scrub, almost 

 inpenetrable owing to the huge thorns it bears. It occurs 

 in the same form in Kashmir, on the slopes of the hills to 

 the north-east of the lake, at from 5000 to 6000 feet altitude, 

 characterising the landscape in autumn by the brilliant 

 colouring of its leaves. On the banks of the Jhelum river. 



