LXVII. I'MliKLLirKU.fi. 573 



Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 4] ; Woodr. in Joiirn. llomh. Nat. v. 11 (1898) 

 p. 043; Watt, Diet. Ecoii. Prod. v. 3, p. -iOo. — Vers. Badishejj. 



Cuminum ci/miniini, Tjiiiii. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 254. The Cummin. 

 "Widely cultivated in the Bombay Presidency. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 718; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 84 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Siippl. p. 41 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 11 (1898) p. G43 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 042.— Vern. 

 Jire. 



Coriandrum sativum, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 250. Coriander. Ex- 

 tensively cultivated througliout India, largely in the Deccan. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 2, p. 717 ; Grah, Cat. p. 85 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Siippl. p. 41 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 043; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, 

 p. 507. — Veex. Koihmir (the herb) ; Dhand (the fruit). 



Order LXVIII. ARALIACE^. 



Trees or shrubs sometimes climbing (very rarely herbs), glabrous or 

 stellately pubescent or tomentose. Leaves alternate (rarely opposite), 

 compound or decompound (rarely simple) ; petioles long ; stipules 

 within and partly adnate to the petiole (rarely free or 0). Flowers 

 regular, hermaphrodite or polygamous, in umbels, racemes, or panicled 

 heads (rarely solitary), with bracts and bracteoles ; pedicels continuous 

 A\ith the base of the calyx, or there articulated. Calyx-tube adnate to 

 the ovary ; limb annular or shortly cup-shaped, truncate or more or less 

 obscurely toothed or obsolete. Petals usually 5 (rarely or 7), valvate 

 or slightly imbricate, singly or calyptrately deciduous, rarely persistent. 

 Stamens as many as the petals (rarely more), alternate with the petals 

 and inserted with them within the margin of the calyx around an epi- 

 gynous disk. Ovary inferior, 1-many-celled ; ovules solitary in each 

 cell, pendulous, anatropous ; styles as many as the cells of the ovary, 

 distinct or united, erect or recurved. Fruit usually drupaceous or dry, 

 with as many cells and seeds as the ovary. Seed pendulous ; albumen 

 copious, uniform or ruminate ; embrj'o next the hilum ; radicle supe- 

 rior. — DisTiiiB. Cbiefly tropical and subtropical ; genera 88 ; species 

 about 340. 



1. HEPTAPLEURUM, Gtertn. 



Trees or shrubs often climbing. Leaves alternate, digitate, crowded 

 near the ends of the branches ; petioles long, dilated and clasping at the 

 base ; stipules usually connate within the petiole, prominent. Um- 

 bellules (rarely capitate) or racemes amply or shortly paniculate or 

 rarely the umbellule subsolitary ; bracts beneath the peduncles mem- 

 branous, usually very caducous, those beneath the umbellules small 

 or ; pedicels usually not articulated. Calyx-teeth obsolete or the 

 calyx-margin truncate. Petals 5-oo (usually 5-0), valvate. Stamens 

 as many as the petals ; anthers ovate. Disk convex or conical ; in male 

 flowers concave. Ovary-cells as many as the petals ; stigmas sessile in 

 the middle of an umbonate or conical disk, which is more or less pro- 

 duced into a columnar style. Fruit subglobose, S-G-angled. Seeds 

 laterally compressed; albumen uniform. — Distrib. Asia, Tropical 

 Africa, Pacific Islands, and Australia ; species about GO. 



