Note 383 — TALE OF NÚR AL-DÍN ALÍ & HIS SON BADR AL-DÍN HASAN

These lines in the Calc. and Bul. Edit. have already occurred (Night vii.) but such carelessness is characteristic despite the proverb, "In repetition is no fruition." I quote Torrens (p. 60) by way of variety. As regards the anemone (here called a tulip) being named "Shakík"=fissure, I would conjecture that it derives from the flower often forming long lines of red like stripes of blood in the landscape. Travellers in Syria always observe this.