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ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS. 

 Common Dill. 



Class V. Pentandria. — Order 11. Digyn ia 



Nat. Ord. Umbellifer,e. 



Gen. Char. Calyx obsolete. Petals roundish, involute, 

 with a subquadrate retuse point. FruU dorsally cora- 



. pressed, nearly lenticular; girt with an even margin. 

 Carpels with five equal, filiform ridges, of which the 

 three intennediate ones are acutely carinate ; the lateral 

 ones more obsolete, vanishing into the margin. Chan- 

 nels with broad, single vittae. Seed rather convex, 

 plane in front, — Involucres none. 



Spec. Char. Fruit elliptical, girt with a flat dilated 

 margin. 



SYNONYMES. 

 Greek ■ • • . avriSov. 



TAnethtHn horteiise. Bauh. Pin. 147. 

 Anethum. Ger. Em. IOS'3. Rail Hist. 4\ 5. Park. Parad. 

 t. 493, f. 4. Fuchs. 30, c, 0. 



Latin <{ Pastinaca Anethum. Spreng. in SchuUz syst. vi. p. 587- 



Selinum Anethum. Roth. Fl. Germ. i. p. 143. 

 Anethum Graveolens. Lin. Sp. PI. 377- Willd, i. p. 1469- 

 L Gcertn. Fruct. i. 91 . 

 French.... Aneth ; Auet ; Aneth odoraut ; Fenouil puant. 

 Italian. . . . Aneto. 

 Spanish . . . Eneldo. 

 Portuguese . Endro. 

 German . . . Dille ; Dill. 



Dutch Dille. 



Danish . . . Dil. 



Swedish,... Dill. 



Bohemian . Kopr zahiadny. 



Polish .... Kopr. 



Hindostanee Sowa. 



Sanscrit . . Misreya ; Sitasiva. 



Javanese . . Mungsi. 



Description. — The root is annual, fusiform, whitish, and 

 fibrous. The stems are cylindrical, glabrousi, and striated^ the 



