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all of these may be, it is difficult to decide. Fiturasaliyun is 
w the bazar name in Bombay for the fruits of Prangos 
‘pabularia, but it is evidently a corruption of the Greek Petro- 
elinon, and had once a different meaning, being described in 
Arabic works as like Aj owan. * The fruits imported into 
Bombay from Persia under the name of Karafs, and sold in 
the bazars as Bori-ajmud, agree in structure with those of A. 
 graveolens. Mahometan writers describe Karafs\as deobstru- 
ent and resolvent, and use it in the form of a poultice with 
barley meal; they recommend it internally as a pectoral and 
as a tonic and carminative adjunct to purgatives, also as a 
diuretic, emmenagogue, lithontriptic, and alexipharmic. 
In European medicine apiol, a camphor common to the fruits 
of this plant and of parsley, has been recommended as an em-— 
menagogue and febrifuge, but more exact observation has 
_ proved its inutility. The physiological effects produced by this 
_ substance are headache and passing intoxication, and after 
repeated ingestion, digestive disturbances, loss of appetite, _ 
even fever. 
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Description.—Karafs or Borf-ajmud sarportert into 
Bombay from Persia is a very small fruit, which, when the two 
mericarps are united, as is often the case, is almost globular; it 
s quite smooth and remarkable for the size and prominence of 
its ridges; the vitte are 11 to 12 in number, two of these are 
onthe commissural side. The taste is at first like anise, but 
afterwards bitter. The odour like anise, but faint. 
Chemical composition.—Celery seeds, like those of ene : 
contain Apiin, a substance first obtained by Rump in 1836 from 
the leaves, stalks, and seeds of common parsley ; it was after 
wards more exactly examined by Lindenborn, who obtained 
