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prolongation of the axis (carfophore) ; mericarps marked lengthwise by 5 primary 
ribs, and often with 5 secondary intermediate, in the interstices or intervals be- 
tween these ribs are commonly lodged few or many oil-tubes (v¢/@), which are 
longitudinal canals in the substance of the fruit, containing aromatic oil. Seeds 
suspended from the summit of the mericarp ; embryo minute; albumen hard, The 
flowers in this order are so minute, and so nearly alike in all genera, that the dif- 
ferentiation is usually, in great part, based upon the cremocarps. 
Besides the seven species treated of in this work, we have provings of the 
following plants: The Persian Ammoniacum (Dorema Ammoniacum, Don.), a fetid, 
stimulating, discutient gum-resin ; the European Celery (Apium graveolens, Linn.), 
which, though an acrid poison when growing in wet places, is a delightful salad 
when cultivated; the Thibetan Asafcetida (Narthex Asafetida, Falc.), a fetid, 
stimulant, and antispasmodic gum-resin; the Central European Athamantha 
(Peucedanum Oreoselinum, Mcench), an aromatic and powerful stimulant; the 
North European and Asiatic Water Hemlock (Crcz¢a virosa, Linn.), a dangerous, 
acrid, narcotic poison; the European Sea Holly (Zxyxgium maritimum, Linn.), a 
sweet, aromatic, tonic and diuretic; the Italian Giant Fennel (Feru/a glauca, Linn.), 
a stimulating antihysteric; the Mediterranean Fennel Seed (Fwniculum officinale, 
Allioni.), an aromatic stimulant and carminative; the European and North Asiatic 
Cow-Parsnip, Branca Ursina (Heracleum Sphondylium, Linn.), an acrid vesicant; 
the subtropical Indian Pennywort (Hydrocotyle Asiatica, Linn.), noted as a remedy 
for leprosy, ichthyosis, and rheumatism; the European Masterwort (/mperatoria 
ostruthium, Linn.), a febrifuge, antiperiodic, and masticatory in toothache; the 
European Hemlock Dropwort ((nanthe crocata, Linn.), a narcotico-acrid poison 
of great virulence; the Sardinian Parsley (Petroselinum sativum, Hoff.), a noted 
diuretic pot-herb; the European Water Dropwort (Phellandrium aquaticum, Linn.), 
which partakes of the poisonous nature of CEnanthe, but is less dangerous; the 
Levantine Bibernell or Burnet Saxifrage (Pimpinella Saxifraga, Linn.), an astrin- 
gent, masticatory, also used to remove freckles; the Central Asiatic Sumbul 
(Ferula Sumbul, Hook., f.), a Russian “specific” for cholera, that failed and was 
afterward used as an antihysteric, and remedy for hypersecretive mucous mem- 
branes; the Northern Europe and Asiatic Caraway (Carum Caruz, Linn.), a well- 
known aromatic stimulant and condiment; and lastly, the European Water Pars- 
nip (Stum latifolium, Linn.), an acrid, narcotic poison. 
Many other species are used in general medicine.* The European Tur-, 
bith (Laserpitium latifolium, Jacq.), yields an acrid, bitter, caustic, and violently 
purgative gum-resin. The European genus Azthriscus, yields two species, Ba 
sylvestris, Hoff., and A. vulgaris, Pers., that are acrid, narcotic poisons ; while A. 
Cerefolium, Hoff., is an agreeable pot-herb, called Chervil. The South Russian 
Cachrys odontalgica, Pall., is, as its name denotes, a remedy for aching carious 
teeth. The Indian and Levantine Fructus Ptychotis (Cavum Ajowan, Bentl.), = 
carminative, and the oil antiseptic. The European and Levantine genus Pim- 
arcotic poisons, 
* Concerning this order it is noteworthy, that those which grow near water are generally acrid, n 
while those seeking dry soils are little else than carminative. 
