Northumb. and Durli. p. 19. — Bum. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. p. 783. N°. 3170.— Loud. 
Eneycl. of Gavd. (now edit.) p. 877. paragr. 4627. ; Encycl. of Agrieul. p. 930. 
paragr. 6065. f. 801. — Bab. Prim. FI. Sam. p. 16. — Dick. FI. Abred. p. 31. — Irv. 
Loud. FI. p. 233.— Coriandrum majus, Bauh. Pin. p. 158. — Riv. Pentap. Ii J r. t. 
71. — Moris. Hist. PI. v. iii. p. 269. sect. 9. t. 11. f. 1. — Coriandrum , Ray’s Syn. 
p. 221. — Johnson’s Gerardo, p. 1012. f. 1. — Riv. Pentap. Irr. t. 70. — Bauh. Hist, 
v. iii. pt. ii. p. 89, with a figure. — Coriandrum vulgare, Park. Thcat. Bot. p. 918. 
Locai.ities.— In fields, waste places, and dunghills; not really wild. — 
Cambridgesh. In the corn-field by the road to Hinton, between Cambridge and 
the New Mill: Rev. R. R flu an. — Durham ; On the Ballast-hills of Tyne 
and Wear; and near Marley Hill ; a naturalized exotic: N. J. Winch, Esq. — 
Essex ; About Coggleshall, Tolcsbury, and other places: Ray. Under the 
Cliff, below South End: Mr. E. Forster, jun. — Lincolnsk. Wild and uncul- 
tivated places about Folkingham, very plentiful, and apparently indigenous : 
L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. — Northumberland ; On the liallast-hills of Tyne: 
N. J. Winch, Esq.— Suffolk; About Ipswich : Sir J. E. Smith. Among corn 
near Framlingham : Ckabbe. — Surrey; Lane between Dorking and Ranmore 
Common: N. J. Wincii, Esq. Battersea Fields: FI. Metr. — In Worcester- 
shire: Mr. E. Lees, in N. B. G. — SCOTLAND. Aberdeensh. On the Inch, 
opposite the dock-yards, near Aberdeen : G. Dickie, Esq. — Lanarhsh. Banks 
of the Canal, Fossil, near Glasgow: Mr. W. Christy, in N.B. G. 
Annual. — Flowers in June. 
Root small, tapering. Stem upright, from a foot, or a foot and 
a half, to 2 feet high, more or less branched, leafy, cylindrical, 
striated, smooth. Leaves compound, various ; lower ones either 
simply or doubly pinnate, with the leaflets wedge-shaped, or fan- 
shaped, and sharply notched ; upper leaves gradually more com- 
pound, with the segments very narrow and strap-shaped, those of 
the uppermost leaves almost bristle-shaped. Umbels lateral and 
terminal, stalked, of 4 or 5 general rays, rarely more ; the partial 
rays more numerous. Universal Involucrum usually wanting, but 
sometimes of 1 or 2 small narrow leaves ; partial one of about 
3 strap-spear-shaped leaves, all directed to one side. Calyx more 
distinctly formed than is usual in umbelliferous plants. Flowers 
white, sometimes tinged with red ; petals of the outer ones larger, 
radiate, unequal, expanding ; those of the central ones equal, 
smaller, and incurved. Fruit (see figs. 4 & 5.) pale brown, “ very 
curious ; each carpel is hemispherical ; on its inner and flat side 
having a projecting margin, which combines with the opposite one 
so as to leave no line or furrow between the two, and they form a 
complete little ball or globe ; having, however, when quite ripe, 
10 obscure elevated lines or ribs.” (Hooker.) 
This plant is a native of corn-fields in the Levant, Tartary. Greece, Italy, and 
the South of France, and has, through being much cultivated in Essex, become 
naturalized in that county, and in a few other places in Britain. The fresh 
leaves, when bruised, have a very strong and disagreeable scent ; the seeds also 
are strong and disagreeable when fresh, but they become sufficiently grateful by 
drying. They are used by the distil lei s for flavouring spirits; by the con- 
fectioner for incrusting with sugar; and by the druggist tor various purposes. 
They are recommended as carminative and stomachic i they are also used to cover 
the taste of senna, and in spices as currie powder, and seasoning for black 
puddings; formerly they were steeped in wine, and then dried to render them 
milder. In some countries the leaves are used in soups and salads. 
For information as to the culture of this plant, see Young’s General View of 
the Agriculture of the County of Essex, v. ii. p. 57 to 62. ; Loudon’s Ency- 
clopcedia of Agriculture ; Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gat'd, and Bot., §c. 
