Plants of the Punjah. 



401 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Coriandrum sativum, 

 Coriander, 



DJianya. 

 Umbellifer^. 

 E. B. I. ii. 717. 

 The Plains to 

 2,000 ft. 

 Baluchisfcan (Lace). 



Flowers, minute, in umbels. 



small to medium size, amiual, smooth, strongly scented 

 when rubbed ; leaves pinnately divided, segments of the 

 lower leaves broadly ovate, lobod and toothed, of the upper 

 thread-like; flowers white or purplish, in compound umbels, 

 bracts none or few, linear, bracteoles few, thread-like, 

 petals notched, ovate v.'ith a broad tip, calyx-teeth small, 

 short-pointed : fruit nearly round, ridges not prominent, 

 oil glands solitary mider the secondary ridges, seeds con- 

 vex on one side, concave on the other. This plant is widely 

 cultivated, the leaves are eaten as a pot herb, the seeds 

 are used a condiment and a medicine. 



Cuminum Cyminum, 

 Cumin, 



Zira, dra siifed. 

 TJmbellifer^. 

 E. B. L ii. 717. 

 The Plains. 



Daucus Carofa, 

 Carrot, 



Gaja r. 



TjMBELLTFERa:. 



E.B.I.ii.718. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-9,000 ft. 

 Kashmir, 

 Cultivated in the 

 Plains and Hills. 



Caucalis Anthriscus, 

 Hedge-Parsley, 



Umbellifer^. 

 F.B. I.ii. 718. 

 Himalava, 

 3-9,000 n. 

 Simla, Mashobra 

 (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



small to medium size, annual, slender, smooth ; leaves 

 much divided, ultimate segments thread-like ; flowers white, 

 in compound umbels, rays few, bracts and bracteoles sever- 

 al, linear, stiff, calyx-teeth small, awl-shaped, unequal, 

 petals oblong or ovate with a broad tip, notched ; fruit 

 cjdindric, tip narrow, primary ridges thin, distinct, second- 

 ary slightly hairy, oil gland large, solitary under each 

 secondary ridge, seeds like those of Carum Carui, Cara- 

 vfSij, but larger, lighter coloured, and with nearly twice 

 as many ridges on the fruit. This plant is much valued in 

 Indian medicme as a carminative. 



medium size to large, annual or biennial, hairy, root 

 fusiform ; leaves 2-3-pinnate, pinnae divided, segments 

 narrowly lanceolate : flowers white, in compound umbels, 

 rays usually many, outer ones converging in fruit, bracts 

 usually very many, bracteoles many, 3-fidor simple, calyx- 

 teeth sm^all or none, petals ovate with a broad tip, notched; 

 frait -j\ in., somewhat flattened, all ridges prominent, 

 bristles on the secondary ridges, white, ghstening, united 

 at the base onl.y, of the primary ridges sessile, almost 

 barbed, seeds half rounded, flattened on the back. 



medium size to large, annual, roughlj^ hauy ; leaves 

 1-2-pinnate, leaflets lanceolate, divided, segments entire or 

 toothed, short-pointed ; floAvers pale pinlc, many, forminf^ 

 compound long-stalked umbels, bracts 1-5, -J-| in., linear, 

 rays 5-12, very unr>qual, bracteoles several, linear, some- 

 times longer than their umbels, calyx-teeth none, petals 

 ovate with a broad-notched tip ; fruit I in., primary and 

 secondary ridges equally bristly, not prominent, bristles 

 rough, curved, almost hooked, not barbed, seeds half 

 rounded, deeply grooved on the inner face. 



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