134 : UMBELLIFER. 
Atrilal are given to: Chervil and Buekshorn — (Plantago ~ 
- eoronopus). 
Chervil has. been cultivated in England since A.D. 1590, and 
has run wild in some parts of the country; it is much used on 
the continent of Europe as a pot-herb. A. sylvestris, or wild 
Chervil, is said to be poisonous; it has an acrid bitter taste. 
Description.—Fruits lanceolate, laterally compressed, 
almost cylindrical, black, smooth, terminating in a short 0 
angled beak, crowned with the depressed wavy receptacle of 
the flower. Taste aromatic, free from bitterness. 
Commerce.—In the Indian bazars the fruit of Vernonia 
anthelmintica is generally supplied for Atril4t by Mahometen 
druggists ; the genuine article is hardly ever obtainable. * 
DAUCUS CAROTA, Linn. 
Fig.— Wight Il, t. 117, fig. 7. 
Hab.—Cashmere, Western Himalaya. Cultivated thro 
out India, : 
Vernacular.—Gajar (Hind., Guz., Mar., Beng.), Gajjara-ke- 
langu,Manjal-mutlangi (Tam.), Gajjara-gadda, Pita-kanda 
(Tel.) 
History, Uses, &c.—-The wild carrot is a native 
temperate climates, and in the Himalaya grows to the height 
of six feet. It is called in Sanskrit Gazjara, and has probably 
been i in cultivation in India froma very remote period. There 
fruit, green gram (Cicer arietinum) and sweetmeats, e 
those made from Sesamum seeds, at the festival of Makar 
Sankrdénti, when the sun is worshipped upon his entry into 
the sign of Makar (Capricorn). These offerings are made upon 
the second day of the festival, which is called Kar, to friends 
and relations. In the temple of Apollo at Delphi, radi 
were offered upon golden plates as typical of natriment, at 
the Indian offering appears to have the same meaning. — 
