372 



THE UMBELLATE FAMILY. 



In meadows and waste places, espe- 

 cially near the sea, all round the Medi- 

 terranean and up western Europe to the 

 English Channel. Probably really in- 

 digenous in several of the maritime 

 counties of southern England and Ire- 

 land, and, having been formerly much 

 cultivated, has spread into many inland 

 parts of England and southern Scotland, 

 / in the vicinity of old castles and gardens. 

 FL spring and early summer. 



Fig. 448. 



XXXVIII. CORIANDER. CORIANDKUM. 



Fruit globular, not readily separating into the two carpels, crowned 

 by the conspicuous teeth of the calyx, the ribs scarcely prominent, and 

 no vittas. 



A single species, very distinct in the form of the fruit. 



1. Common Coriander. Coriandrum sativum, Linn. 

 (Eig. 449.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 67.) 



An erect, branching, glabrous annual, 1 to 1\ feet high, emitting a 

 very disagreeable smell when rubbed. Lowest leaves once or twice 

 pinnate, with broadly-ovate or cuneate, deeply-cut segments ; the others 

 more divided, with linear segments, few and slender in the uppermost 

 leaves. Umbels' terminal, rather small, of 5 to 8 rays, without general 

 involucre, and only a few small slender bracts to the partial ones. 



