94 PENTANDRIA DiGYNiA. Anethum. 



C. sativum. Willd. 1. 1448. 



Sans. Dh2myMka. 



Beng. Dhwnya. 



N. Danga. 



Cultivated over India during the cold season. 



SESELI. Schreb. gen. n. 492. 



Umbelliferous ; umbellets globular ; universal involucre 

 none, partial one subulate. Fruit ovate, striated. 



S. bengalensis. R. 



Erect. Leaves bipinnate, or more ; leaflets gashed. Um- 

 bels leaf-opposed. Involucrets of several, sujulate leaf- 

 lets. 



Annual. It appears during the dry season upon the 

 cool, moist, shady banks of ponds, &c. 



Root annual. Stem erect, winding, piped, smooth, about 

 a foot high. Leaves bipinnate, or more. Leaflets smooth, 

 gashed, variously formed. Umbels leaf-opposed, short- 

 peduncled, rigid, naked, from six to twelve-rayed, umbels 

 lets subglobular, short-pedicelled. Involucrets linear, 

 longer than the umbellets. Corollets all fertile, uniform. 

 Petals ovate, inflected. Fruit nearly globular, crowned. 



ANETHUM. Schreb. gen. n 496. 

 Umbelliferous, with no involucre nor involucel. Carol- 

 lets equal, all fertile, with entire involute petals. Fruit 

 somewhat ovate, striated. 



1. A. Panmori. R. 



Annual, erect, ramous. Xe«ve5 supra-decompound. Um- 

 bel of ten or twelve unequally elevated radiae. Fruit 

 oblong, deeply-furrowed, but not winged. 



