DIVISION I 



Class 3. E. 



Condiments and Spices. 



N. 0. 1. RANUNCULACE.E. CROWFOOTS. 

 Nigella saliva- W. Small Fennel-flower. 



Linn. Syst. Polyandria Pentagynia. 



The seed. 



Vernacular. Krishna-jiraka, Musavi, Sans. Kalajira, Hind. 

 Mugrela, Beng. Koolunjun, Dec. Carin-siragum, Tarn. Nulla- 

 gilakara, Tel. Kaloodooroo, Cey. Shoonez y Arab. Siah-danek, 

 Pers. Hub-sindee, Egypt. 



Habitat. The Mediterranean countries. Cultivated in India.' 



Remarks. The Black Cumin of Scripture ; peXdvOiov of Hippocrates 

 and Dioscorides; and Gith of Pliny. See "Drugs." N. O. 3. 

 Magnoliacese furnishes Illicium anisatum, Linn, in China, and /. reli' 

 giosum, Sieb. in Japan, the capsules of which are - aromatic, those of 

 the former plant being the Star Anise of commerce. N. O. 4. Anno- 

 naceae, Xylopia aromatica, the fruit of which is called Piper jfithiopicum. 



N. O. 15. CRUCIFERJE. CRUCIFERS. 

 Sinapls 5/M. Species of Mustard. 



Linn. Syst. Tetradynamia Siliquosa. 



The seed. 



Vernacular. Rajika, Sarshapa, Tuverica, Sans. Surson, Rai, 

 Kali-sursoon, Tooria, Bunga-surson, Hind. Dec. Race, Bun-raee t 

 Bul-raee, Shwet-raee, Sada-raee t Jooni-raee, Sanchi-sursoon t Beng. 

 Suray-bij t Sindh. Kadaghoo, Tam. Avaloo, Tel. Gan-aba, Rat a- 

 aba, Cey. Khurdal, Kubbr, Arab. Sirshuf, Pers. 



Habitat. The temperate zones : widely cultivated. 

 Remarks. Mustard was the vdrrv of the Greeks. In India S. ramosa, 

 Raee ; S. ylauca, Toria; S. dichotoma, Kalie-surson; and S. juncea, 

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