[383]Arab.'Kumm'= sleeve or petal.See vol.v.32.
[384]Arab.'Kirab'= sword-case of wood，the sheath being of leather.
[385]Arab.'Akr kayrawan，'both rare words.
[386]A doubtful tradition in the Mishkat al-Masabih declares that every pomegranate contains a grain from Paradise.See vol.i.134.The Koranic reference is to vi.99.
[387]Arab.'Aswad，'lit.black but used for any dark colour；here green as opposed to the lighter yellow.
[388]The idea has occurred in vol.i.158.
[389]So called from the places where they grow.
[390]See vol.vii.for the almond-apricot whose stone is cracked to get at the kernel.
[391]For Roum see vol.iv.100： in Morocco'Roumi'means simply a European.The tetrastich alludes to the beauty of the Greek slaves.
[392]Arab.'Ahlan'in adverb form lit.='as one of the household'： so in the greeting'Ahlan wa Sahlan'（and at thine ease），wa Marhaba （having a wide free place）.
[393]For the Sufrah table-cloth see vol.i.178.
[394]See vol.iii.302，for the unclean allusion in fig and sycamore.
[395]In the text'of Tor'： see vol.ii.242.The pear is mentioned by Homer and grows wild in South Europe.Dr.Victor Hehn （The Wanderings of Plants，etc.） comparing the Gr.{Greek letters} with the Lat.Pyrus，suggests that the latter passed over to the Kelts and Germans amongst whom the fruit was _disibledevent= a single rose.