92 -  PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. Cuminetii, 
both natives and Europeans, for culinary, and medicinal 
uses; they are among the smallest of the umbelliferous 
orders, and are to be met with in every market in India. 
2. L. diffusum. R. 
Annual, diffuse. Leaves decompound, and supra-de- 
compound. Furrows of the seeds deep, and smooth. 
Involucres, and involucles with membranous ciliate mar- 
gins. 
Beng. Junglee-ajouan. 
It is found wild in the vicinity of Calcutta, during the 
cold, and the beginning of the hot season ; it delights: in 
shady moist places. + 
Root ramous, Stems and branches Aten: Scie, 
striated, dichotomous, from one to two feet long, slight-.’ 
ly hairy. Leaves alternate, long-petioled, decompound, 
and supra-decompound, divisions variously formed, . 
and jagged, a few small hairs over them and the pe-: 
tioles. . Umbels leaf-opposed, and terminal, compound. 
Universal and partial of from twelve to twenty-four rays, 
on nearly equal peduncles, and pedicels. Calyx ; involu-. 
cres universal and partial, of from six to eight, sub-mem-- 
branous, linear-lanceolate, ciliated, spreading, reflect-. 
ed leaflets. . Perianth, corol, &c. as in L. ajowan. Fruit’ 
of a compressed, rounded shane, with five smooth ridges E 
on each side. 
The seed is used asa medicine for cattle, 
CUMINUM. Schreb. gen. ne ». 483. 
Fruit ovate, striate. Umbellets and Involucres four- 
cleft. 
C. Cyminum, Will. 1. 1440. 
Hind. and Beng. Zeera or Jeera, 
Sans, Jeera, Jeeruka. 
