96 PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. AnetflUm. 



From myAnethum Sowa, Panmori differs very conspicu- 

 ously in many respects, bwt the best mark is in the seeds. 

 In this they are longer, less flattened and without any 

 membranaceous rim, or border. In that, much flattened 

 with a thin margin, like that of ^1. graveolens. 



2. A. Sowa. R. 



Annual. Leaves supra-decompound. Umbel of from 

 five to fifteen radii, equally elevated. Seeds flat, with a 

 membranous margin and three ribs on the back. 



Sans. Mishreya. 



Beng. Sowa, shuloopa, soolpa. 



A native of Bengal, where it is cultivated for the seeds, 

 which are much used for culinary and medicinal purposes. 

 Time of culture the cold season. 



Root annual, in fact of only a few months duration. 

 Stem winding, ramous, smooth, striated with deeper and 

 lighter green, and covered with a whitish bloom ; from two 

 to three feet high. Leaves alternate, petioled, decom- 

 pound, and supra-decompound, leaflets filiform, as in Fefi" 

 nel. Petioles, their lower half sheathing. Umbels termi- 

 nal, convex, without involucres or involucels. Calyx, 

 proper, scarcely any. Corol, universal, uniform. Corollets 

 yellow, all fertile and equal. Proper, petals ovate-oblong, 

 inflected. Stamenslongex than the petals. Germ beneath, 

 obovate. Styles scarcely any. Fruit oval, compressed, 

 composed of two seeds each, with three ridges on its out- 

 side, and surrounded with a membranaceous margin. 



The seeds are to be met with in every market over 

 India, they are much used by the natives in their curries, 

 and also for medicinal uses. 



3. A. trifoliatum- R. 



Annual. Leaves ternate. Seeds reniform, slightly striat- 

 ed. A native of the Circar vallies ; not cultivated. 



