CtJMiNUM.] UMBELLIFER^. 397 



loBg. Carpels 5-in., much compressed, subquadrate ; dorsal and inter- 

 mediate ridges filiform, obscure; lateral with a wing as thick as the 

 seed ; dorsal furroxcs ] -vittate, lateral 2-vittate, vittce nearly as long 

 as the carpels. 



Siwalik range, and in the Sub-Himalayan tracts from Dehra Dun to 

 Gorakhpur. DisTrtb. W. Himalaya on open grassy hill-sides up to 

 7,0C0 ft., also in N. Bengal. 



9. CORIANDRUM, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 717. 



Glabrous annuals. Leaves decompound. Umbels compound, rays 

 few ; hracis 0, or small and linear ; hracteoUs few, filiform. 

 CaJyx-teelh small, acute, often unequal. Petals obovate, emarginate, 

 white or purplish, those of the outer flowers unequal, often radiant. 

 i^?v/iY subglobose ; ridges not ^Yova'nQ'nt : r?7r« obscure, solitary, under 

 the secondary ridges ; carpels slightly cou'^ave on the inner face, 

 commissure distinctly 2-vittate, carpophore 2-partite. Se'id convexo- 

 concave, about thrice as broad as thick. — Species 2, in S. Eur., N. 

 Afi-ica and Arabia. 



C. sativum, Linn.; Eoxh. ; Fl. Ind. ii,9i; F.B.I, ii, 717; Field cf- 

 Gard. Crops jpart Hi, 40, f. Ixxvi : Watt E. D.— Vern. Dhanya (Coriander). 

 —Upper segments of -the lower leaves ovate or lanceolate, of the upper 

 linear. Much cultivated in native gardens during the cold season for 

 the sake of the fruits and leaves, and it also occurs as an escape. 

 Although widely distributed throughout the warmer parts of the world 

 its native country is not known for certain, but it has been reported as 

 growing wild in Greece and in the region of the Caucasus. The fruits 

 are iised as a flavouring ingredient in curries and confectionery, as well 

 as medicinally, and tte leaves are eaten as a potherb. 



10. CUMINUM, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 717. 



A slender annual, glabrous except the fruit. Leaves twice or thrice 

 3-partite, ultimate segments filiform. Tlmhtls compound, rays few ; 

 bracts and hraHeoles several, linear, rigid. Calyx-teeth small, 

 subulate, unequal. Petals oblong or obovate, emarginate, white, 

 often unequal. Fruit cylindric, tip narrrowed ; primary ridges fili- 

 form, distinct, secondary usually hispidulous ; vittcB large, solitary 

 under each secondary ridge ; carpophore 2 partite or 2-fid. ^eed 

 somewhat dorsally compressed, convex 'Concave. — A single species. 



C. Cyminum, Linn. ; Eoxh^; Fl. Ind. ii, 92 ; W. 4- A. Prod. 373 ; Royle 

 III. 229 ; F. B. I. ii, 718 ; Wo.ti E. D. ; Field ^" Gard. Crops part Hi, 40. 



