Ligusticum. PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 91 
1. L. Ajowan. Kt. Fleming in Asiat. Res. 11. 170. 
Annual, erect. Leaves supra-decompound, with filiform 
leaflets. Ridges and furrows of ae seed distinct, and 
scabrous, 
Sans, Bruhmadurbha, Pacis, &e, 
Hind. & Beng. Ajouan, Ajwan, or Jouan. - 
This is one of the most useful and at the same time 
grateful of the umbelliferous tribe. {tis much cultivat- 
ed in Bengal, during the cold season. [I never sawit 
- wild, ? ; 
Root annual. Stem erect, the whole plant from one 
to three feet’ high; branches, alternate, smooth, and 
slightly striated. Leaves sparse ;*those nearest the base 
of the plants supra-decompound; the superior, less so ; 
all have smooth, filiform subdivisions, or leaflets. Um- 
bels terminal, erect, compound, universal, of from six to 
eight rays, on rather unequal peduncles, partial, of many — 
rays, on unequal pedicels. Calyx ; involucres universal, 
and partial, from five to eight, linear, unequal, shorter 
than the umbels, and umbellets, permanent. Proper 
perianth superior, most minute. Corol, universal uni- 
form. Corollets pure white, all equal, hermaphrodite, 
and fertile. Proper of five equal petals, furrowed on the 
back, and keeled within, with involute apexes and broad 
waved, rather reflected margins. Stamens as long as the 
petals. Anthers reddish. Fruit didymous, or two seeds. 
united, of a compressed, broad, ovate ees with. five 
scabrous ridges on each side. 
Ican scarcely imagine that this very famous Tadian 
plant is unknown to our European Botanists ; ; at the 
same time I cannot find any one of the whole natural 
order hitherto described to which I can refer it unless it’ 
be Bunium aromaticum. 1 do not find that it was known 
to Dr KGnig, nor did I ever see it but in Bengal. Sto 
‘The seeds, like those of caraway, have an aromatic 
smell, —e ed, ; they are mach ee 
