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metans from Persia, whence the supply for the Bombay market — 
still comes. Anise is now grown in Northern India. ae 
The natives use anise in the same way as we do. The Per- 
Sians call it Réziénah, which the Arabs corrupt into Razianaj. 
They identify it with the Anisum of the Greeks,* and. the Ma- 
hometan druggists of India know it by this name. The Bom- 
bay name, Ervados, is a corruption of the Portuguese ‘ Herba 
doce.’ M. Sheriff states that the seeds of Carum Roxburyhi- 
anum are sold in Southern India as Anisum. 
Description.—The froit varies a good deal in size; if 
well grown it should be about 2-10th of an inch long. The 
maericarps often adhere together with the pedicel attached, 
forming an ovoid body crowned by a pair of styles. Bach 
fruit has 10 ridges, and is covered with short hairs. ‘The taste 
is remarkably sweet and aromatic. ‘lhe vittee, which contain 
the essential oil, are very numerous, each mericarp being pr 
vided with about fifteen. 
Chemical composition.—The fruit yields from 2 to 8 per cent. 
of essential oil, which is a colourless liquid, but after a time 
becomes yellow. It has the taste and odour of the fruit, 
gr. 0°977 to 0-983. At from 10 to 15° C. it becomes a ery 
talline mass. Oil of anise resembles oil of fennel (vide Fennel) 
in that it consists almost entirely of anethol. Warnecke fou 
6-70 per cent. of ash in the fruit. ig 
Commerce.— Anise is imported from Persia, Value, Rs. 5: 
Rs. 6 per Surat maund of 37} lbs. 
ANTHRISCUS CEREFOLIUM, Hojim. 
Fig.—Eng. Bot., 1268; Jacq. Aust., 390. Chervil (Eng: 
Cerfeuil (Fr.). : : 
Hab.—Enurope. Cultivated elsewhere. 
Vernacular.—Atrilé| (Ind. Bazars). | 
_ History, Uses, &c.—One of the oldest of cultivate 
potherbs. It is mentioned by Aristophanes, who wrote ab 
* Comp. Dios, mepi avigou, iii,, 58, and Plin 20, 72, 73. 
