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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Eeect, with Alternate Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Carura Carui, 

 Caraway, 



Zira siyah. 



UMBELLIFERiE. 



F. B. I. ii. 680. 

 Kashmir, 

 9-12,000 ft. 



Carum 

 Bulbocastanum, 



Umbellifer^. 

 F. B. I.ii. 681. 

 Kashmir, 

 6-9,000 ft. 

 Bahichistan 

 (C. B. Clarke). 



Carum 

 Roxburghianum, 



Ajmud. 



UMBELLIFERiE. 



F. B. I. ii. 682. 

 The Plains. 



- Flowers, minute, in umbels. 



medium size, smooth ; leaves twice pimiate, ultimate 

 segments of the lower leaves lanceolate, |-^- in,, of the 

 upper linear, J-1 in. ; flowers minute, white, in compound 

 umbels, raj'S 8-8, |--2 in., unequal, bracts 1-3, small, linear, 

 or none, rarely divided, bracteoles small, linear or none, 

 calyx-teeth 5, small, or none, petals 5, notched, often en- 

 larged and irregular ; fruit ^-g in., yellowish-brown, ovoid 

 or oblong, sticky, laterally flattened, carpels rounded, nar- 

 rowed upwards, primary ridges thin but very distinct, 

 oil gland solitary, rather large ; seeds doi'sally somewhat 

 flattened, smooth or slightly grooved on the inner face. 

 This plant is often cultivated ; the seed is used as a spice, 

 and medicinally as a carminative in flatulent colic. 



like the last species, but stem shorter, root tuberous, 

 ultimate segments of all leaves linear, twice as many rays, 

 fruit oblong, not narrowed upwards. 



like the last species, but root spindle-shaped, stem 

 larger, ultimate segments of leaves narrowly linear-lan- 

 ceolate, bracteoles 4-8, linear-lanceolate with thin bristly 

 margins ; fruit hairy. This plant is only known in its 

 cultivated form, though it is very like Carum stictocarpum, 

 which grows wild in Dehra Dun outside this area. The 

 seed is used to flavour curries and as medicine in hiccup 

 and Tomiting. 



Carum copticum, 

 Bishop's weed, 



A j wain. 

 Umbellifer^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 682. 

 The Plains 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



medium size, annual, root spindle-shaped, ultimate 

 segments of leaves linear, often |-1 in. long, flowers pure 

 white, bracts many, linear, sometimes divided, bracteoles 

 3-5, small, linear, rays velvety, fruit y^ ^'^^■' ovoid, rough 

 with hard tubercles, carpels dorsally flattened, ridges dis- 

 tinct, oil gland solitary, small ; for other characters see 

 the last species. Widely cultivated, only known wild as 

 an escape : seeds are used as a spice. Omum water is the 

 distilled water of the so'^ds, also thymol : the former is 

 used ill cholera, the latter is a strong antiseptic, and cure 

 for hookworm disease. 



