142 FLAVORING AND BEVERACiE PLANTS 



Fig. 141, II 



Fig. 141, I. 



Fig. 140. — Caraway {Carmn Carui, Parsley Family, UfnhcUifcr(T). Flower- 

 ing and fruiting top, reduced. Leaf, showing broad attachment to the 

 stem. Fruit, yide view, enlarged. Same, cut across, showing six 

 ^■^>Iatile oil-tubes in one-half. (Eritton and Brown.) — A biennial or 

 j)erenniai herb, aromatic throughout, becoming 30-60 cm. tall; leaves 

 smooth; flowers white; fruit brownish. Native home, Europe. 



Fig. 141, I. — Anifse (Pitiipi/irlla Ain'fiuni, Parsley Family, UmbcUifcnv). 

 F>uiting top, and base of plant. Flower. Fruit, side view, and cut 

 across. (Germain de St. Pierre.) — An annual about 40 cm. tall, smooth; 

 flowers white; fruit downy, light greenish 1.)rown. Native home, 

 Egypt and Asia Minor. 



Fig. 141. II.— Anise Fruit. A, one-half of a fruit still :iltarhed to thr 

 slender stalk from which it finally separates. B, the two haU'Cs of tlie 

 fruit cut across to show the iiunnTous vohitile oil-tubes in the wall. 

 (Drudc.) 



