438 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PRODUCTIONS. 



the TiKirgins -wing-like. Vittee solitaiy or rarely by twos in the furrows, often clavatc, 

 reaching the base of the fruit or more usually shorter. 



H. BrRiiA>-icrM, Kz. Pegu Eange at 2500 to 3000 feet. 



This plant forms a very conspicuous feature on the ridges referred to, but, 

 unfortunately, all the specimens were so perfectly diied-up and withered that it 

 was impossible to give a full description of the species. It is nearest to Heracleum, 

 No. 5, of H. f. and Th. collection from the Khasi Hills, and eventually may be 

 referable to it (Kurz). 



X X Secondary rihs of the meriearps filiform, somcwlmt prominent or winped, 

 rarih/all the ribs more or less inconspicuous. Vittce in the furrows or helow the secondary 

 ribs conspicuous or obsolete. 



CAUCALINIEjE. 

 Fruit almost terete or sliglttly compressed from the sides, or more so from the back, 

 not iriiiycd, or rarely the pirimary ribs expanded info deeply lobed wings or divided info 

 spines. 



* Mericarps glabrous, the ribs blunt, smooth or tcrinhled. 

 CoKi.i^'DEUM, Zinnaus. 



Fruits almost globose, the broad very blunt secondary ribs hardly prominent. 

 Involucre none. 



C. SATIVUM, L. Bhamo and Ava. Cultivated (?). 



Nan-nfm. 



The seeds are aromatic and carminative, and as such are largely used in certain 

 sweetmeats and liiiueurs. In their unripe state their odour is said to resemble that 

 of bugs (whence the name, from Kopfs, a bug) ; but this did not prevent its being a 

 favourite garden herb with the Eoman labourers, who used the seeds to flavour, what 

 we should call a ' chutney,' to be eaten with his unleavened bread at noon. 



" Ac primum, leviter digitis tellurc refossa, 

 Quatuor educit cum spissis allia fibris ; 

 Indo comas apii graciles rutamijue rigentem 

 Vellit, et exiguo coriandra trementia filo." 



And in some previous lines we have enumerated the plants found in an ordinary 

 kitchen garden in the days of Augustus — 



" Hie Olus, hie late fundentes brachia Befee, 

 Feoundusque Burner, Malvccque, Inulaque virebant ; 

 Hie Ciccr et capiti nomen debentia Form ; 

 Hie otiam nocuum capiti gelidumque Papaver, 

 Grataquo nobilium reqiiies Lactuca ciborum, 

 Et gravis in latum dcmissa Cucurbita ventrem." 



Virgil, Morctum, 72. 



** Mericarps hirsute, bristly or aculeate. 

 Daucus, Linnaus. 

 Seed with rather flat face. Incolucral bracts usually dissected. 

 *" D. CAEOTA, L. Cultivated in the drier districts. 



CtJMiNUM, Linnatis. 

 *C. cniiNTJir, L. (M.). 

 Zi-ya. Cumin. 



The seeds are warm, bitterish, and aromatic, and much esteemed in the East as 

 a condiment and carminative. De Guberuatis says,' " Le cumin symbolisait, chez les 



' Mytliologie des Plantes, vol. ii. p. 11.5. 



