338 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



89. (Fig. 96.) FOENICULUM. Fennel. U. S. 

 Entire; bruished or fine meal. 



Fennel-fruit, Fennel-seed, E. Fenchel, G. Fenouil, Fr. 



The fruit of Foeniculum vulgare Miller, Umbelliferse. 



Dull yellowish brown. 



Aromatic, anise odor. 



Sweetish, pungent. 



Outer tissue of pericarp of colorless reticulate cells; middle paren- 

 chyma of large brown cells. Reticulate tracheids. Endosperm cells 

 colorless, medium size, rather thick walled porous, filled with fat and 

 granular proteid matter. No trichomes. 



Ash 9 per cent. 



Compare histology of German or Saxon, sweet or Roman, and wild 

 or bitter varieties. Compare with anise. 



