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Carum Bulbocastanum, Koch. A native of meadows, 

 grassy places, and woods in the south of Europe, 

 becoming restricted to cultivated ground further north, 

 and locally present in England under these conditions. 



[Carum Carvi, L. Native in the meadows of Northern 

 and Central Europe, reaching Holland, Scandinavia, 

 and Britain. It is of very general occurrence in Britain, 

 as a casual in waste places, in consequence of the 

 extensive use of its seeds for culinary purposes. It 

 has been recorded also as occurring plentifully in pastures 

 in Herefordshire and Bedfordshire ; in such situations 

 there is nothing to throw doubt on its natural status. 

 It may be mentioned in this connection, though hardly 

 as corroboration, that its seeds have been identified by 

 Mr. Reid as occurring in interglacial deposits in Britain.] 



Carum Petroselinum, Benth. and Hook. f. Native in 

 dry hills in Italy and a few adjacent countries. Its 

 general cultivation has led to its frequent occurrence 

 in a subspontaneous state in other parts of the world. 

 In Britain it is frequently noticed in connection with 

 garden rubbish, and occasionally appears as an estab- 

 lished plant on cliffs and other natural habitats upon 

 which garden rubbish has been thrown. 



Carum segetum, Benth. and Hook. f. This species is 

 limited to England, Guernsey, France, and Portugal, 

 and is, in all, apparently confined to field-borders, 

 cornfields, roadsides, and hedge-banks. There seems 

 no reason why it should not grow on bushy hillsides, 

 similar in character to its artificial habitats, but it has 

 not been expressly recorded from any quite natural 

 situations in Floras. 



