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CASE numerous varieties are known, some of which grow to a 

 61. great length, particularly in the Channel Islands. 



No. 303. Opopanax. The gum-resin of a species 

 of Opopanax^ perhaps 0. Chironium^ Koch, a native of 

 North x^frica, Spain, and Dalmatia. This gum-resin has 

 been described in old drug books since the time of 

 Dioscorides, but even to the present time, little or nothing 

 is known of its collection except that it exudes from 

 wounds made in the roots. When first introduced 

 Opopanax was not received with much favour as a 

 perfume ; of late, however, it is said to have had a larger 

 sale than any other except Eau de Cologne. 



At the present day the gum-resin known in commerce 

 as Opopanax is believed to be derived from Commipliora 

 Kataf, Engl., a native of Arabia, where the native women 

 employ it for washing the hair. 



Observe fruits of the Coriander {Coriandrum sativumy 

 L.), known in commerce as CORIANDER seeds. The plant 

 is an annual, found in many parts of the Mediterranean 

 region. Corianders, at the present time, are cultivated 

 largely in most warm countries of the globe, and in 

 smaller quantities in some parts of Europe as well as in 

 England, chiefly in Essex. They are stimulant and 

 carminative, but are little used in medicine ; sometimes 

 however employed in veterinary practice, but their chief 

 consumption is as a flavouring agent for culinary purposes 

 and in the distillation of gin. They yield about one-half 

 per cent, of volatile oil, samples of which are shown. 



Note fruits of CuMiN {Cuminum Cymimim, L.), an 

 annual herb cultivated from earliest times in the Mediter- 

 ranean countries, used chiefly as a condiment in India, 

 and as a constituent in curry powder, also to a small 

 extent in medicine, and largely in veterinary practice. 

 Cumin fruits are exported from Morocco, Sicily, Malta, 

 Bombay, and Calcutta. 



No. 304. Models of Carrots, the roots of Dann'^ 

 Carota, L., a biennial found in a wild state in fields and 

 on the sea shores in England, and extending through 

 Europe, North Africa, North and West Asia to India. By 

 cultivation the roots of the wild carrot have become 

 fleshy, and the various forms of Garden Carrot have been 



produced. 



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