5G4 LXVII. UMBELLIFER.E. 



compressed and more or less constricted at tlie commissure ; mericarps 

 subpentagonal, the primary rid(i;es obtuse, the lateral marginal \\ith a 

 single vitta in the furrows. Carpophore 2-fid or 2-partite. — Distrib. 

 Europe and most temperate and subtropical regions of the Old World ; 

 species about 50. 



1. Carum stictocarpum, C. B. Chirle, in TTooh. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2 



(1879) p. 081. Annual, ^-'6 ft. high, erect, much branched; root 

 fusiform ; stem glabrous. Lower lea\es 2-pinnate ; leaflets deeply cut 

 into linear-lanceolate apiculate glabrous or minutely pubescent segments, 

 the segments of tbe upper leaves often linear ; petioles with broad 

 sheaths, their margins membranous, ciliolate. Flowers white. Primary 

 umbels 5-10-rayed; bracts 3-6, linear, acute, |-^ in. long. Partial 

 umbels 6-20-flowered ; pedicels g-| in. long ; bracteoles 4-8, linear- 

 lanceolate, ^-\ in. long, with white scarious ciliate margins. Ovary 

 minutely pubescent ; stales long, reeiirved on the fruit ; stigma capitate. 

 Petals broadly obovate or suborbicular, rounded (not emarginate) at 

 the apex, i;^^ in. long. Fruit -^V-tV ^"- ^^^^i ovoid, glabrous or puberulous, 

 brown ; mericarps scarcely compressed, the ridges slender, faint. Trim. 

 Fl. Ceyl. V. 2, p. 278; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. jS'at. v. 11 (1898) 

 p. 642. — Flowers : Aug.-Oct. Veen, llan-onvd. 



KoNKAN : Law\, Stocksl Deccan : hills, Woodrow; Jejuri, Jianade]; Bowdbaii 

 8 miles west of Poona, Bhiva .' ; Pancbgani Ghat, 6'oo/i:c! — Distrib. India (W. Penin- 

 sula) ; CeyloD. 



Var. hehecarpa, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 682. 

 Fruit larger, y^j-jV in. long, hispidulous, sometimes densely so. 

 KoNKAN : Law'., Sfoc/cn'. 



Carum Eox-hurr/Jiianum , Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. v. 1, p. 891, is 

 cultivated in native gardens (extensively so in Gujarat) and is probably, 

 as suggested by Mr. C. B. Clarke (Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 682), a cultivated 

 form of C. stictocarpum, from some forms of the variety hehecarpa of 

 which it is hardly separable. It is not known wild (C. B. Clarke, 1. c). 

 The seeds are used for flavoring curries and the leaves as a substitute 

 for parsley. Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 1 1 (1898) p. 642 ; AVatt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 201. PimpineUa involucrata, Wight & Arn. 

 Prodr. p. 369 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 106. Apium inuolucratiim, Roxb. Hort. 

 Beng. p. 22 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 41. — Flowers : Nov. -Dec. Yeen. 

 Ajrnod ; Chanu ; liandhuni. 



Carum copticum, Benth. & Hook, f . Gen. PI. v. 1, p. 891 . The Bishops 

 Weed ; Lavage. A plant 1-3 ft. high, cultivated extensively for its 

 seeds which are largely employed in medicine and also in England and 

 (j^ermany in the manufacture of Tliymol which is used as an antiseptic. 

 Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 682 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 642 ; 

 AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 198. Fti/chotis Ajoivan, Wight & Arn. 

 Prodr. p. 368 ; Grab. Cat. p. 84 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 41.— Flowers : 

 Apr. Veen. Ajvdn ; Onvd. 



Carum Petroselinum, Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. v. 1, p. 891. Parslfj/. 

 Cultivated occasionally in European gardens, but not much grown by 



