Plants of the Punjab, 401 
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Herbs, Hrect, with ALTERNATE E:xXsTIPULATE COMPOUND LEAVES. 
Coriandrum sativum, 
Coriander, 
Dhanya. 
UMBELLIFERAE. 
Hee slo. TT. 
The Plains to 
2,000 ft. 
Baluchistan (Lace). 
Cuminum Cyminum, 
Cumin, 
Zira, zira sufed. 
UMBELLIFER®. 
PERS tie (it. 
The Plains. 
Daucus Carota, 
Carrot, 
Gajar. 
UMBELLIFER®. 
Pee. Lene 113. 
Himalaya, 
5-9,000 ft. 
Kashmir, 
Cultivated in the 
Plains and Hills. 
Caucalis Anthriscus, 
Hedge-Parsley, 
UMBELLIFER®. 
ET) Beli: 
Himalaya, 
8-9,000 ft. 
Simla, Mashobra 
(Collett). 
Kashmir, 
PETALS UNUNITED, 
FLOWERS, MINUTE, IN UMBELS. 
small to medium size, annual, smooth, strongly scented 
when rubbed ; leaves pinnately divided, segments of the 
lower leaves broadly ovate, lobed and toothed, of the upper 
thread-like; flowers white or purplish, in compound umbels, 
bracts none or few, linear, bracteoles few, thread-like, 
petals notched, ovate with a broad tip, calyx-teeth small, 
short-pointed ; fruit nearly round, ridges not prominent, 
oil glands solitary under the secondary ridges, seeds con- 
vex on one side, concave on the other. This plant is widely 
cultivated, the leaves are eaten as a pot herb, the seeds 
are used a condiment and a medicine. 
small to medium size, annual, slender, smooth ; leaves 
much divided, ultimate segments thread-like ; flowers white, 
in compound umbels, rays few, bracts and bracteoleg sever: 
al, linear, stiff, calyx-teeth small, awl-shaped, unequal, 
petals oblong or ovate with a broad tip, notched; fruit 
cylindric, tip narrow, primary ridges thin, distinct, second- 
ary slightly hairy, oil gland large, solitary under each 
secondary ridge, seeds like those of Carum Carui, Cara- 
way, but larger, lighter coloured, and with nearly twice 
as many ridges on the fruit. This plant is much valued in 
Indian medicine ag a carminative. 
medium size to large, annual or biennial, hairy, root 
fusiform ; leaves 2-3-pinnate, pinne divided, Segments 
narrowly lanceolate » flowers white, in compound umbels, 
rays usually many, outer ones converging in fruit, bracts 
usually very many, bracteoles many, 3-fid or simple, calyxe 
teeth small or none, petals ovate with a broad tip, notched: 
fruit =!; in., somewhat flattened, all ridges prominent,. 
bristles on the secondary ridges, white, glistening, united 
at the base only, of the primary ridges sessile, almost 
barbed, seeds half rounded, flattened on the back. 
medium size to large, annual, roughly hairy; leaves 
1-2-pinnate, leaflets lanceolate, divided, segments entire or 
toothed, short-pointed ; flowers pale pink, many, forming 
compound long-stalked umbels, bracts 1-5, 4-3 in., linear, 
rays 5-12, very unequal, bracteoles several, linear, some- 
times longer than their umbels, calyx-teeth none, petals 
ovate with a broad-notched tip; fruit 4 in, primary and 
secondary ridges equally bristly, not prominent, bristles 
rough, curved, almost hooked, not barbed, seeds half 
rounded, deeply grooved on the inner face. 
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