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THE UMBELLATE FAMILY. 



central Asia, differing from Apium in the notched petals and the 

 shape of the frnit. 



Stock short, covered with the remains of old leafstalks. Lower 

 leaves pinnate, with many distinct segments. 

 Segments of the leaves very numerous, short, fine, and 

 nearly equal, apparently clustered or whorled along the 



main leafstalk 1. Whorled C. 



Segments gradually diminishing in length from the base to 



the top of the leaf 2. Caraway C. 



Rootstock a globular tuber. Lower leaves twice Or thrice 



ternate 3. Tuberous C. 



1. Whorled Carum. Carum verticillatum, Koch. (Fig. 405.) 



(Sison, Eng. Bot. t. 395.) 



Perennial stock short and thick, co- 

 vered with the decayed bases of old 

 leafstalks, the fibrous roots slightly 

 thickened, the erect annual stems 1 to 1\ 

 feet high. Leaves mostly radical, con- 

 sisting of from 12 to 20 pairs of opposite 

 segments, about 2 or 3 lines long, divi- 

 ded to the base into a number of fine 

 subulate lobes, so as to appear like 

 whorls or clusters of segments placed 

 at regular distances along the common 

 stalk, the whole leaf being 4 to 6 inches 

 long. Stem-leaves similar, but few and 

 small. Umbels terminal, not large, of 8 

 to 10 rays. Involucres, both general and 

 partial, of several very small, linear 

 bracts. 



In heaths and bogs, in western Eu- 

 rope, from the Spanish Peninsula to 

 Belgium. In Britain, common in some 



parts of Wales and Ireland, and in western Scotland. Fl. summer 



and autumn. 



Fig. 405. 



2. Caraway Carum. Carum Carvi, Linn. (Eig. 40G.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 1503. Caraivay.) 



A biennial, forming a tap-root, and perhaps occasionally a perennial 

 stock. Stem erect, branched, \\ to 2 feet high. Leaves with a rather 



