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23. UJlmr. This plant abounds fo much as to cover whole 
plains. No other ufe is made of it than to fpread its branches 
and leaves under mats and goods, which it is faid guards them 
from the Tennis or white ant. 
24. Nightfhade, Solanum foliis hirfutis, Emieb-el-dib. 
25. Hemp, Cannabis vulgaris, Hafoipo^ Ar. is now become an 
article of regular culture, being ufed in various ways as an 
aphrodifiac, and in different proportion as a narcotic. HoJIjiJIj 
is a general name for green herbs, but chiefly appropriated to 
this : it is chewed in its crude flate, inhaled by means of a pipe, 
or formed, with other ingredients, into an eleduary, ma'ijun. In 
Egypt the confumption of this article is much greater than in 
Dar-Fur, but the befl is that of Antioch in Syria. 
26. Rice, Oryza, Oru%% Ar. is brought in fmall quantities by 
the wandering Ara\)s, who find it growing wild in the places 
they frequent. It is little ufed or efleemed, and indeed has no 
quality to recommend it. 
27. Cayenne pepper, chetti or Tchetti^ in the language of the 
country, is extremely common in one diflri<il, whence it is dif- 
perfed over the country and ufed with food. 
28. Kidney-bean, Lubi Ar. 
29. Meluchia, 
30. Bamea, 
