594 UMBELLIFEBM [Fceniculum. 



shows a wide difference in size, culcur and hairiness in the two forms, 

 but the variety hehecarjpa of C. stidocarjpa forms a connecting link. 



3. C. copticum, Benth. Sf HK f. Gen. PI. i. 891; F. B. I. ii, 632; Field 

 <&- Gard. Crojps part Hi, 38, t. Ixxni ; Watt E. D. Ligusticum Ajouan, 

 noxb.; Fl. Ind. n, 91. Ptychotis Ajowan, DC.; W. Sf A. Prod. 368; Boyle 

 Jtl. 229.— Vern. Ajwain. (Bishop's weed.) 



An erect annual, 1-3 ft. higb, glabrous cr minutely pubescent. Leaves 

 rather distant, 2 3-pinnate ; ultimate segments -j-l in., all linear. 

 Bracts usually many, linear, sometimes divided ; hracteoles 3-5, small, 

 linear. Bays of umbel pubescent. Flowers pure white. Fruit Jg in. 

 ov-id, muricate, subhispid, cartels dorsally c impressed, ridges distinct : 

 vittoe solitary, small. 



■Cultivated in most native gardens within the area, and in other parts of 

 India, especially in Bengal ; it is also grown in Afghanistan, Persia and 

 Egypt, from which country it is said to have been introduced into 

 Europe. It is found occasionally as an escape, but nowhere has it 

 been observed truly wild. The fruits are much prized for their medi- 

 cinal properties and as a spice. 



C Caruiy L., yields the so-called Carraway seeds ; and parsley, which is 

 grown to some extent in the gardens of Europeans in India, is 

 C. Petroselinum, Benth., a native of the Mediteranean region. 



5. FCENICULUM, Adans.; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 695. 



Tall glabrous herbs, sometimes annual. Leaves 2-3-4-pinnate, 

 ultimate segments linear. Bracts ; hracteoles 0, or few small and 

 linear. Calyx-teeth 0. Petals yellow, emarginate. Fruit not 

 laterally compressed, oblong or ellipsoid; carpels ^-terete; ridges 

 prominent, subequal ; fwrows 1-vittate ; carpophore 2-partite. Seed 

 somewhat dorsally compressed, inner face slightly concave. — Species 3 

 or 4, from the Canary Islands to W. Asia, 1 widely cultivated. 



F. vulgare. Mill.; W. 4- A. Prod. 371 ; F. B. I. ii, 695 ; Watt E.D.; Field 

 Sf Gard. Qroigs, 'part Hi, 43, t. Ixxxli. E. Pa-amorium, DC; Boyle 111. 

 229. Anethum Panmori, Boxh ; Fl Ind. ii,94. Ozodia f ceniculacea, W. S^ A. 

 Prod. 375. — Vern. Saunf. (Fennel.) —Extensively cultivated in garden 

 patches within the area during the cold season. The root is used as a 

 purgative, the leaves as a potherb, and the fruits medicinally as a carmi- 

 native. A small annual form, known as 'jjaa-miihori (F. Panmorium, 

 !)(;.), is largely grown in Bengal, and the natives eat the fruits with 

 their betel, and also in curries. Fennel is found wild in W. & S. Europe, 

 and is widely cultivated in many parts of the world. 



6. SESELI, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 693. 



Herts, glabrous or pubescent. .Leaves 2-3-pinnate or twice 3- 

 par'dte. Vvibels compound; bracts few or many, undivided or 



