12 LXVIII. UMBELLIFER^ (hIERN). [Ammt. 



1. A. majus, Li?i?i. ; DC. Prod. iv. 112. Subg-laucescent, 1| ft. high 

 or more ; stem terete. Lobes of petals often unequal ; stamens not ex- 

 ceeding the petals. Primary rays of the umbel sometimes 2 in. long, 

 slender, and as well as the secondary rays scattered with a few minute 

 serrulate points j secondary rays 1-2 in. long, about equalling the 

 linear acute bracteoles; bracts of the involucre J-1 in. long. Fruit 

 y\) in. long. — A. paMciradiatuniy Hochst. in Hb. Schimp. Abyssin. n, 



Nile Ziand. Abyssinia, fl. September, /Sc/tm^er.' 



Grows in fresh-ploughed land; perhaps introduced with grain from Egypt, where it 

 is common. 



Widely spread throughout the Mediterranean regions. 

 Abyssinian name Kiterta-adegi. 



11. CARUM, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 890. 



Calyx-teeth obsolete or small ; petals oval or obovate, with inflected 

 acumen, entire or bilobed, white or yellow. Stylopods conical or thick. 

 Fruit ovate or oblong, laterally compressed ; commissure wide or nar- 

 rowed ; mericarp 5-sided or subterete ; primary ridges blunt, somewhat 

 prominent, the lateral ones marginal at the commissure. Vittae soli- 

 tary between the ridges, 2 in each commissural face. Carpophore bi- 

 partite or bifid. Seed subterete. — Herbs glabrous or the fruit only 

 papillose with scarcely glabrous umbels and hairy petals. Leaves 

 pinnately decompound, with narrow segments. Umbels regularly com- 

 pound with several or many primary and secondary rays. Involucre 

 of 0, 1, or few bracts, and involucels with or several bracteoles. 

 Flowers usually hermaphrodite. 



A considerable genus, widely distributed, and chiefly inhabiting the temperate and 

 subtropical regions of the world. 



1. C. copticum, Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Plant, i. 891. Pale glauces- 

 cent, slender. Stem erect branched, terete, striate, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves 

 multifid with linear segments, the uppermost ones simply pinnatilobed ; 

 petioles sheathing. Umbels at the ends of stem and branches with 

 very short hairs on the secondary rays, bracteoles, and sometimes on 

 the bracts ; primary rays of fruiting umbels about J in. long, secondary 

 rays about 1-lOth in. long ; involucre and involucels of several linear 

 leaves shorter than the ra3''s. Petals roundly-obovate, bilobed, ciliate 

 on the margins and on the midrib outside, white ; filaments about 

 equalling the petals. Fruit ovate, muricate or papillose, l-12th in. 

 long, contracted at the commissure. Carpophore bifid. — Ptychutis cap- 

 tiea, DC. Prod. iv. 108. 



Nile liand. Abyssinia, teste Schweinfurth ! 

 Occurs also in Egypt and India. 



Carum Carvi, L., DC. Prod.iv. 115, Caraway, is cultivated in Abyssinia. It has 

 white flowers, glabrous fruit, and neither involucre nor involucels. 



For Carum Bidoljia, Benth, et Hook. f. I.e., see note under Peucedanum graveolens, 

 Benth. et Hook. f. 

 It has yellow flowers, glabrous fruit, and neither involucre nor involucels. 



