through Spain, Mediterranean France, Italy, Dalmatia, Greece, and 
Turkey, into Asia Minor (Nyman). 
Nigella sativa, Linn., is said to grow at Grasse, near Cannes (Bau- 
dot in Gren. et Godr.), and has, generally speaking, a similar range to 
that of N. arvensis, Linn. It is cultivated for the sake of its aromatic 
seeds. Most of the species of the Nigella have the stamens placed in 
bundles of about seven each ; these are at first upright around the ovary 
then curved outwards, and finally depressed horizontally when the 
anthers open their curious horny valves and the pollen is shed. 
ExpPranaTIon OF Prats LIT. bis. Fig. A 1, flower, magnified. A 2, 
sepal, magnified. A 3, petal, magnified. A 4, fruit of natural size. 
A_5, carpels from a flower, magnified. Fig. B 1, a flower deprived of 
sepals to show the bundles of stamens placed singly in rows, as they 
appear when the pollen is shed. B 2, sepal of the natural size. B 3, 
petal, magnified (the two shining tubercles, one on either side of the 
hollow under the upper lip, have been accidentally omitted). B 4, an 
anther before dehiscence. B 5, an anther dehiscing. B 6, fruit of na- 
tural size. Fig. C 1, sepal of natural size. OC 2, petal, magnified. 
C 3, fruit of natural size. C 4, lower half of the fruit, showing the 
double cells in each carpel. Fig. D 1, sepal of natural size. D 2, an- 
ther, magnified. D 3, fruit of natural size. D 4, the anatropous ovule, 
magnified. 
