LVIII. 



CUMIN UM CYMINUM. 



Common Cumin. 



Class V. Pentandhia. — Order IT. Digynia. 



Nat. Ord. Umbelliferje. 



Gen. Char. Calyx of five setaceous, unequal teeth. 

 Petals oblong, emarginate, with an inflexed point, 

 erectly spreading. Fruit contracted from the sides. 

 Carpels with five wingless ridges, of which the lateral 

 ones are marginal. 

 lucres two to four leaved. 



Channels with single vittae. — Invo- 



Greek 



Latin 



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Tourn. Inst. 312- 



Spec. Char. Leaves linear-setaceous, acute. Umbels 

 three to five cleft. Involucres exceeding the fruit, which 

 is pubescent. 



SYNONYMES. 

 S Kv//,iviiv ; Kvf/,ivev uiffinj^miiv, Hippocrates ; xv/aivov ttf^i^ov, Dios- 

 * corides. 



'Cuminum semine longiore. Bauh. Pin. 146. 

 Cuminum sativum Dioscoridis. Ger. Em. 1066. Raii Hist. 



433. 

 Cuminum vulgare. Park Theatr. 887- 

 Foeniculum orientale, Cyminum dictum. 

 L Cuminum Cyminum. Lin. Sp. PI. 375. 

 French .... Cumin ; Cumin des pres. 

 Italian.... Cumino ; Cimino ; Comino. 

 Spanish. . . . Comino. 

 Portuguese Cuminho. 



German .. . Kiimmel ; Rbmischer KUmmel. 

 Dutch .... Komyn ; Kumyn. 

 Danish . . . Kummen. 

 Swedish . . Spiskummein. 

 Polish .... Kmin. 



Russ Timon. 



Arabic .... Kemum. 

 Persian .... Zereh. 



Tamool Siragum. 



Sanscrit... Jiraka. 



