624 INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS. 



ence in size, colour, and hairiness in the two forms, but there is 

 a series of connecting links through the variety hebeearpa. In 

 0. Roxburghiana, the ultimate segments of the lower cauline 

 leaves are narrowly linear-lanceolate ; bractioles 4-8 linear- 

 lanceolate, with scarious ciliate margins, fruit more distinctly 

 rigid, sub-pentagonal, the vittee very minute, petals hairy. 



C. B. Clarke describes the general character of C. sticto- 

 carpum thus ; — Glabrous, or minutely hairy. Root fusi- 

 form. Stem l-3ft. erect, much branched. Leaves 2-pinnate, 

 ultimate segments often 1 by T T Z in., nearly linear : bracteoles 

 i in., rays 6-12, J--2in., equal, slender ; pedicels 8-20, •§-£ 

 in. Ovary minutely pubescent. Fruit ^-^ in., ovoid, ultimately 

 shining, yellow, the dots microscopical, ridges faint ; carpels 

 semiterete ; vittee solitary, small. 



Variety hebeearpa : — -fruit T |- T J in., hispidulous, sometimes 

 densly so and fuscous. 



Use : — The seeds are useful in hiccup, vomiting, and pain 

 in the bladder. They form an ingredient of carminative and 

 stimulant preparations, and are useful in dyspepsia. 



573. G. copticum, Benih., h.f.b.l, ii. 682. 



Syn. : — Ligusticum Ajouan, Roxb. 271, Ptychotis Ajowan DC. 



Sa7is. : — Yamani. 



Vern. : — Ajowan, ajwain (EL) ; Jowan (B.) ; Ajamo (Guz.) ; 

 Chohara (dutch.) ; Owa (Alar.); Jawind (Kashmiri; Aman, 

 oman (Tarn.); Omami, omamu (Tel.); Omu, oma (Kan.); 

 Aj wan, owa (Bom.). : 



Eng. :— The Bishop's weed. 



Habitat : — Cultivated extensively in India, from the Punjab 

 and Bengal to the South Deccan. 



An erect annual, 1-3 ft. high, glabrous or minutely pubescent. Leaves 

 rather distant, 2-3-pinnate ; ultimate segments \ 1 in., all linear. Bracts 

 usually many, linear, sometimes divided ; bracteoles 3-5, small, linear. Kays 

 of umbel pubescent. Flowers pure white. Fruit T X g in., ovoid, muricate, 

 sub-hispid, carpels dorsally compressed, ridges distinct ; vittse solitary, small. 

 (Duthie). 



Uses : — In native practice, they are much valued for their 

 antispasmodic, stimulant, tonic, and carminative properties. 

 They are administered in flatulence, atonic dyspepsia and 



