64 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



it yields a dye ready at hand from any garden. In India the 

 Carthamus is also cultivated for the sake of the oil, which can be 

 pressed from the seeds. 



Carum Ajowan, Bentham. (Ptychotis Ajowan, Candolle). 



India. The fruits of this annual herb form an excellent culinary 

 condiment with the flavour of thyme. Its peculiar oil is accompanied 

 by cymol and thymol. 



Carum Bulbocastanum, Koch. 



Middle and South Europe, North Africa, Middle Asia, on lime- 

 stone soil. The tuberous roots serve as a culinary vegetable, the 

 fruits as a condiment. 



Carum Cap ens e, Sender. 



South Africa, where the edible, somewhat aromatic root is called 

 Eenkelwortel. 



Carum Carui, Linne. 



The Caraway-Plant. Perennial. Europe, North and Middle Asia. 

 A wholesome adjunct if interspersed among the herbs of sheep- 

 pastures. It might be naturalised on our Alps and also along the 

 sea-shores. The Caraway-oil is accompanied by two chemical 

 principles : carven and carvol. * 



Carum ferulifolium, Koch. ( Bunium feruiifolium, Desfont). 



A perennial herb of the Mediterranean regions. The small tubers 

 are edible. 



Carum Gairdneri, Bentham. 



Western North America, particularly in the Sierra Nevada. A 

 biennial herb, the tuberous root of which furnishes an article of 

 food as well as the root of the allied California!! C. Kelloggii (A. 

 Gray). Geyer probably had this plant in view when he mentions 

 the tubers of an umbelliferous plant which are among the dainty 

 dishes of the nomadic Oregon natives. The truly delicious root 

 bursts on being boiled, showing a snowy white farinaceous sub- 

 stance, which has a sweet, cream-like taste, and somewhat the aroma 

 of parsley leaves (Lindley). 



Carum Petroselinum, Bentham. (Apium Petroselinum, Linne.) 



The Parsley. The biennial well-known herb, indigenous to South 

 Europe and the Orient. Always desirable on pastures as a pre- 

 ventive or curative of some kidney and liver diseases of sheep, 

 horses and cattle. The root is also valuable for the table. Essential 

 oil with a peculiar stearopten. 



