TAA i.3.2.26

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               Prunus Amygdalus Stokes x[?] <[>Rosaceae<]> <Almond>. 

          The Almond is said to be wild only in Afghanistan, Tur- 

kestan, Transcaucasia, Persia and Syria. Widely cultivated (Herb.  

Kew.). 

          Stones of the fruits and some entire fruits of the Almond  

constituted two sample<s> and were not found elsewhere among the mater- 

ial examined. The fruits belonged to one of the hard-xxx[?]/<shelled> varieties  

of Almond. 

          The kernels, are used for dessert and in confectionery,  

in the case of the Sweet varieties, while the oil pressed from the  

kernels of bitter almonds is used in medicine and cosmetics (xxxxx 

xxx[?]/<K.> Mus. x[?]) xxx[?]<,> Almond oil being included in the British  

Pharmacopoeia 1932. 

                              nos. 614, C and D.