PENTANDRIA—DIGYXIA. CoiIaiKlrum. 67 



Annual, slender, branched Jicrhs^ with dou})ly pinnate, cut 

 leaves, the u})per ones having very narrow segments. 

 Umbels lateral and terminal ; general rays few ; imrtial 

 more numerous. General Bracteas almost entirely want- 

 ing; partial about 3, linear-lanceolate, unilateral. FL 

 radiant, white or flesh-coloured. Recent i)lant, when 

 bruised, odiously fetid, in every })art, though the ripe 

 seeds, in our British species, are agreeably aromatic, and 

 not unwholesome. The exotic one differs so widely in 

 its fruit, which is a double globe, that nothing can be 

 more difficult than to include both species in'onc descri}:>- 

 tion, or definition, of that ]iart. Yet nothing ought to 

 se])arate generically plants so closely and peculiarly allied 

 in every other j^articulai". The bracteas vary. The corolla 

 is radiant in both, though Linnrous reports otherwise. 



* 1 . C. sativum. Coiiinion Coriander. 



The two hemispherical seeds making one uniform globe. 

 Leaflets of the lower leaves wedge-shaped. 



C. sativum. Linn. Sp. P!. 3fi7. mild. r. 1. 1448. f7. Br. 320. 



Etigl. Bot. V. 1 . t 67. Fl. Grcec. r..3. 76. t. 283. li'oodv. Med. 



Bot. t. 181. Mart. Rust. ^ 141. Dalech. Hist. 733./. Ehrh. Fl. 



Off. 302. 

 C. 11. 76A. Jlall.in^t.v. 1.335. 



C, majus. Banli. Fin. 1 j8. Riv. Pcntap. Irr. t.7\. Moris, v. 3. 2C9. 

 Coriandrum. Raii Si/n. 221 . Brunf. Herb. v. 1 . 203. /. Trag. HisL 



1 15. f. Fuchs. Hist. 345. /'. Matfh. Val<rr. v. 2. 121 . /'. Camer. 



Epit". b23,f. Ger. Em. 1012. f. Riv. Fentap. Irr. t. 70. Bauh. 



Hi^t.v.3.p.2.S9.f. 



In fields and on dunghills ; not really wild. 



About Ij)swich, and in Home parts of Essex. 



Annuid. Jiuie. 



Root taj)erinp^. Slew erect, 12 or 18 inches hi^h, more or less 

 branched, leafy, round, striated. Lenvrs .«;carccly stalked, all 

 bipinnate and cut : the lea/tcts of some of the lowermost wcdjj^e- 

 shaped,()r fan-shaped ; acutely notched ; of the rest in fine linear 

 segments. Umbels .stalked, of 4 or 5 ^cncrrd raifs, rarely more ; 

 the partial rai/s more numerous. Fl. white, often with a reddish 

 tint. ^Fruit pale brown, somewhat coriaceous. Seeds striated 

 and convex at the hack ; concave within. 



There are probably two more species of this genus, obscurely in- 

 dicated by J. liauhin and other old writers, whose synonyms 

 require investigation. ('. sylvcstrc, which name it is desirable 

 to retain, is well (igured in his work. 1 have gathered it near 

 Verona, but witii unri|)e s^xds, nor is tlie structure of its /n^l/ 

 any where explained. 



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