142 FLAVORING AND BEVERAGE PLANTS 



Fig. 140. 



Fig. 141, I. 



Fig. 140. — Caraway {Carum Carui, Parsley Family, VmbellifercE). Flower- 

 ing and fruiting top, reduced. Leaf, showing broad attachment to the 

 stem. Fruit, side view, enlarged. Same, cut across, showing six 

 volatile oil-tubes in one-half. (Britton and Brown.) — A biennial or 

 perennial heib, aromatic throughout, becoming 30-60 cm. tall; leaves 

 smooth; flowers white; fruit brownish. Native home, Europe. 



Fig. 141, I. — Anise (PinipincUa Anisum, Parsley Family, Umhclliferw). 

 Fruiting top, and base of plant. Flower. Fruit, side view, and cut 

 across. (Germain dc St. Pierre.) — An annual about 40 cm. tall, smooth; 

 flowers white; fruit downy, light greenish brown. Native home, 

 Egypt and Asia Minor. 



Fig. 141, II. — Anise Fruit. A, one-half of a fruit still attached to the 

 slender stalk from which it finally separates. B, the two halves of the 

 fruit cut across to show the numerous volatile oil-tubes in the wall. 

 (Drude.) 



