226 A COMPENDIUM OF 
Anethi or Anethum, Dill, Anethum Grave- 
olens,—Natural order Umbelliferze Orthos- 
perme. ‘This small annual plant is a native of 
Southern Europe and the Levant. Dill fre- 
quently attains a height of 5 feet, and has erect, 
jointed stems with many branches, which are 
ornamented with bipinnate and often with tripin- 
nate leaflets, presenting a greyish appearance 
cous), and adorned with small yellow 
owers in longitudinal umbels. Fruit oval or 
oblong in shape, of a light-brown color, closely 
tesembling caraway. Fruit composed of two 
mericarps and six oil tubes and five ribs or 
ridges, Dill contains resin, gum, and two oils, 
fixed and volatile, to which we will call attention 
further on, under the proper heading. Dill is 
a very old remedy, and now superseded by 
other fruits of the same class and order, which 
have been found more effective as therapeutic 
agents. Still, itis well thought of asa stomachic, 
carminative and stimulant; and given in form 
of the infusion and oil in the same doses as 
fennel, caraway, etc. The name is probably de- 
rived either from the Danish or Iceland word 
dill, which means to soothe; a nurse’s lullaby, 
from the fact that the dill fruit has a tendency 
to soothe and quiet pain, etc. 
Anisum, Anise, Pimpinella Anisum,—Natur- 
al order Umbelliferee. This little annual plant 
1s said to be a native of Egypt and the Levant, 
but isfound in Southern Europe and this country, 
and is cultivated for its fruit. The stem of the 
Anise is about 12 inches high, and adorned with 
petiolate leaves, the lower ones being cordate at 
their base and serrated as to their margins; the 
