FLAVORING PLANTS 



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Fig. 142. — Star Anise (lUicium anisatum, Magnolia Family, Magnoliacece). 

 D, flower. C. fruit. B, a pod with seed cut vertically, showing its at- 

 tachment to the axis (a), that of the seed to the pod (h), and the place 

 of the minute embryo (m) in the copious seed-food. (Prantl.) — A, 

 shrubby tree 6-8 m. tall; leaves evergreen, leathery, dotted with volatile 

 oil-glands: flowers yellowish; fruit reddish brown. Native home, China 

 and Japan. 



Fig. 143, I. — Coriander {Coriandrum sativum. Parsley Family, Umbellif- 

 erce). Flowering and fruiting top. (Baillon.) — An annual growing 

 about 1 m. tall, aromatic; flowers white; fruit yellowish lirown. Native 

 home, Southern Europe. 



Fig. 143, II. — Coriander. Flower, enlarged. Same, cut vertically. (Rail- 

 Ion.) 



