XXXVIII, 



: CARUM CARUl. 



Common Caraway. 



Class V. Pentandria. — Order I. Digynia. 



Nat. Ord. UMBELLIFERiE. 



Gen. Char. Calyx an obselete margin. Petals obcor- 

 date. Fruit compressed at the sides, oblong. Carpels 

 with five, filiform, equal ridges, their inner faces plain. 

 Channels with single vittae. Seeds tereti-convex, plain 

 in front. — Involucres various. 



Spec. Char. Stem branched. Sheaths of the leaves 

 ventricose. Partial involucre, none ; general, scarcely 

 any. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek .... xupo;, Dioscorides ; xaptov, Aretaus. 



^Carum pratense, Carvi Officinaruin. Bauh. Pin. 158. 



Felolkumme], 



