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p. 54) explains the Persian word as "free tree," and Leclerc accordingly derives it from azad-diraxt. Skr. nimba, nimbaka, mahanimba.

8(4o). uSnan, Herba alkali, chiefly species of Salsola. "There are four kinds of alkali herb, a white, yellow, green, and an Indian kind

which occurs as Indian hazel-nut (funduq-i hindi), also called xurs-i sini (` Chinese xurs') and rutta." Cf. T `oung Pao, 1916, p. 93; above, p. 551.

9(54). bitix ul-hindi, P. hindewane, water-melon (above, p. 443). 10(73). beladur, balcidur, the marking-nut tree (Seinecar pus anacardium). Cf. above, p. 482.

I I (77). birinj-i kabili, "rice of Kabul" (Embelia ribes). Skr. vicdanga (cf. T`oung Pao, 1915, pp. 282-288; 1916, p. 69).

12(78). bang, henbane (Hyoscyamus), a narcotic prepared from hemp-seeds. The seed was used as a substitute for opium (Abu Mansur,

No. 59). Skr. bhanga, hemp (Cannabis sativa). The Persian word is also traced to Avestan banha, "a narcotic," but it seems to me preferable to assume direct derivation from Skr. in historical times. Arabic banj, Portuguese bango, French bangue. P. .abibi, "a narcotic root; also the inebriating hemp-seed."

13(85). bi§, halahil, aconite (Aconitum). Hindi bi., Skr. visa (Aconitum ferox), from visa, "poison;" Skr. halahala, a species of aconite and a strong poison prepared from it. Cf. T `oung Pao, 1915, pp. 319-320, note.

14(87). tiit, mulberry (Morus alba), a native of China. The opinion of NÖLDEKE (Pers. Studien, II, p. 43), that the Persian word is traceable

to Semitic, is entirely erroneous, as this species spread from the far east and India to Iran and Europe, and began to be cultivated in the Mediterranean area only from the twelfth century. Skr. tûda and tûla, Bengali and Hindustani tûl, tût, Morus alba or indica (RoxBURGH, Flora Indica, p. 658); cf. SCHRADER in Hehn, Kulturpflanzen, p. 393. Morus nigra, the black mulberry, is a native of Persia.

15(90). tamr ul-hindi, P. tamar-i hindi, tamarind (Tamarindus indica), cultivated throughout India and Burma. Skr. tinticda, tintidika, tintilika, etc., jhabuka, amlika.

16(94). tanbûl, P. pan, barge-tanbôl, betel (Piper betle) . Skr. tambûla, nagavallika.

17(111). jûz-i buwwa, P. jûz-i bûya, nutmeg (Myristica moschata, officinalis, or fragrans). Skr. jati, jatikoça, jatisara, jatiphala.

18(112). jûz-i matil, P. tatûra, datûra, Datura metel. Skr. matula, dhatûra. Cf. T `oung Pao, 1917, p. 23.

19(142). habb ul-gilgil (qulqul), seeds of Cassia tora (the foetid cassia). Skr. prapunac.a, prapunata, prapum.nala, tubariçimba; Singhalese peti-