CORIANDRUM SATIVUM — CUMINUM CYMINUM. 



CORIANDRUM SATIVUM, Linn* 



[Fide Plate LXXVL] 



Coriander; dhanya (Hind.) ; kashniz (the seeds) ; dhanyaka (Sans.). 



Natural order Umbellifera>. A smooth much branched annual with decompound leaves and 

 sub-globose fruits. 



Dhanya is extensively cultivated in the native gardens of these Provinces for the 

 sake of its fruits and its leaves. The fruits form one of the principal flavouring ingredients 

 of curries, and are also used in confectionery. They are carminative and stomachic, and 

 are sometimes used to cure headache and coughs. Dr. Dymock states that Mahomedans 

 prepare from them an eye-wash supposed to prevent small-pox from destroying the sight, 

 and that coriander is supposed to lessen the intoxicating effects of spirituous prepara- 

 tions. The plant is largely grown in Nepal, and imports from that country regularly 

 figure in the reports of the Basti district. This trade is said to be a very old one. 

 In England, according to Bentley and Trimen, the oil is used in cookery and for flavour- 

 ing gin, also to correct the griping qualities and bad taste of other medicines. In the 

 Punjab it is said to be grown in every district, and is frequently seen in fields in a 

 semi-wild state. The leaves are eaten as a pot herb, and are also used in chutnies. Bent- 

 ley and Trimen say that it is hardly known in a wild state, though thought to be a 

 native of Greece and of the Caucasian region. 



1. Flower. 



2. Flower with the petals removed. 



3. Fruit. 



Explanation of Plate LXXVI. 



Vertical section of fruit. 



4. 

 5. 



Horizontal section of fruit. 



CUMINUM CYMINUM, LinnJ 



Cumin; zira, zira sufed (Hind.) ; kimun (Arab.) ; ziraka (Sans.). 



•References s— FI. Br. Ind., II., 717; Hoxb., FI. Ind, (Clarke's Ed.), 272; Watt, Diet. Econom. Prod, II., 567 ; 

 Stewart, Pnnj. PL, 105 j Pharmacogr. Ind., II., 129 ; Atkinson, Econom. Prod., N.-W. Prov., V., 29, 43 ; Him. Dist., I., 705, 

 708, 733 ; Settlement Hep., Kumaun, App., 34 ; Gaz. N.-W. Prov., VI., 509, 702, 784 ; Statist. Account of Aligarh, 376. 



t PI. Br. Ind., II., 718 ; Hoxb., FI. Ind. (Clarke's Ed.), 271 ; Boiss , Fl. Or,, II., 1080 ; Watt, Diet. Econom. Prod., 

 II., C42 ; Hoylc, 111. Him. Bot , 229 ; Stcwurt, Punj. PL, 105 ; Atkinson, Econom. Prod., N.-W. Prov., V., 30 ; Him. Dist., I., 

 705, 734 ; Bent, and Tiimen, Med. PI., 134 j Pbarmacogr. Ind., II., 113. 



