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[21] _Sharifa, Anona squamosa_.

[22] Guava.

[23] _Bargat_, the banyan-tree.

[24] _Pyrus persica_.

[25] _Be-danah._

[26] Excellent apples are now grown on the lower Himalayas.

[27] _Prunus communis_ grows in the lower Himalayas and as far down as Saharanpur, but the fruit is inferior.

[28] The sweet or wild cherry, _Prunus avium_, is called _gilas_ in the Hills.

[29] _Papaiya_, the papau tree, _Carica papaya_, has the curious property of making meat tender, if placed near it.

[30] _Madar, ak._ The latter term is derived from Sanskrit _arka_, 'the sun', on account of the fiery colour of its flowers.

[31] The plant yields a silk cotton from the seeds and a rich white bass fibre from the bark, both likely to be of commercial value (Watt, ii. 38 ff.)

[32] Used in equal proportions with black pepper, the fresh blossoms are a useful and cheap remedy for asthma, hysteria, and epilepsy (_ibid_. ii. 44 ff).

[33] _Sirki_ is the upper portion of the blossoming stem, and _sentha_ the lower portion of the reed grass _Saccharum ciliare_ (_ibid_. vi, part ii , 2.)

[34] _Sarkanda_ is the Panjab name for the grass _Saccharum arundinaceum_, but it is also applied to _Saccharum ciliare_ in last note (_ibid_. vi,