92 PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. ClWlinum. 



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, diftuse. Leaves decompound, and supra-de- 

 compound. Furrows of the seeds deep, and smooth. 

 Involucres, and involucles with membranous ciliate mar- 

 gins. 



Beng. Jwnglee-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 diffuse, flexuose, 

 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 shape, with five smooth ridges 

 on each side. 



The seed is used as a medicine for cattle. 



CUMINUM. Schreh. gen. n. 483. 



Fruit ovate, striate. Umbellets and Involucres four- 

 cleft. 



C. Cyminum. Will. 1. 1440. 

 Hind, and Beng. Zeera or Jeera. 

 Sans. Jeera, Jeeruka. 



