86 PENTANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Carum. 



much more slender, short, very unequal. Bracteas entirely 

 wanting. Calyx none. Petals obovate, with a broad, obtuse, 

 inflexed point, altogether of a golden yellow, as well as the sta- 

 mens. Styles very short, with a large, ovate, pale-yellow base. 

 No^oral receptacle. 

 The taste and aromatic qualities of this, our garden Fennel, are 

 well known. The sweet and warm seeds are a common carmi- 

 native medicine for infants. 



162. CARUM. Caraway. 



Linn. Gen. 145. Juss.2l9. Fl. Br. 330. Gcertn.t. 23. 

 Carui. Tourn. t. 160. 



Fl. separated, rather irregular ; the innermost barren ; those 

 of the circumference perfect and proHfic. Cal. of 5 very 

 minute, acute leaves, often obsolete. Pet. 5, somewhat 

 unequal, inversely heart-shaped, with inflexed points. 

 Filavi. about as long as the petals, straight, spreading. 

 Anth. roundish, 2-lobed, Germ, inferior, ovate, abrupt, 

 more or less oblique. Styles tumid- at the base, very short 

 in the flower, afterwards elongated, thread-shaped, widely 

 spreading. Stigmas bluntish. Fl. Recept. annular, thin, 

 wavj', extending beyond the bases of the styles, perma- 

 nent. Fruit elliptic-oblong, moderatel}- compressed, crown- 

 ed with the floral recept. and styles. Seeds nearly cylin- 

 drical, contracted at each end, with 3 dorsal, and 2 mar- 

 ginal, acute, slender ribs, the interstices somewhat con- 

 vex, smooth. Juncture close, as broad as the seeds. 

 Herbaceous, biennial, smooth, with oblong, doubly pinnate, 

 finely cut leaves. Umbels terminal, compound, with un- 

 equal rays. Partial bracteas either numerous or none ; 

 general 1, 2 or 3, often membranous at the base, fre- 

 quently wanting. Fl. white. Seeds aromatic. 



1. C. Carui. Common Caraway. 



Stem branched. Partial bracteas none. 



C. Carui. Linn. Sp. PL 378. Willd.v. I. \470. Fl. Br. 330. Engl. 



Bot. r.21. t. 1503. Hook. Scot. 95. Mart. Rust. t. 55. IVoodv. 



Med. Bot. t. 45. Jacq. Austr. t. 393. 

 C. n. 789. Hall. Hist. z;. 1. 351. 

 Carum. Dod. Pempt. 299./. Matth. Valgr. v.2. WA.f. Camer. 



Epit. 516./. Riv. Pentap. Irr. t. 55. Moris, v. 3. 296. sect. 9. 



t. 9.f. 1, Cuminum. Leaves bad. 

 C. seu Careum. Raii Syn. 213. Ger. Em. ]034.f. 

 Caros. Trag. Hist. Abb. f. Fiu/is. Hist. 396. f. Bauh. Hist. v.3. 



p. 2. 69./. 

 In meadows and pastures ; a naturalized j)lant. 



