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ence in size, colour, and hairiness in the two forms, but there is 
a series of connecting links through the variety hebecarpa. In 
0. Roxburghiana, the ultimate segments of the lower cauline 
leaves are narrowly linear-lanceolate ; bractioles 4-8 linear- 
lanceolate, with scarious ciliate margins, fruit more distinctly 
rigid, sub-pentagonal, the vittas very minute, petals hairy. 
G. B. Clarke describes the general character of G. sticto- 
carpum thus : — Glabrous, or minutely hairy. Root fusi- 
form. Stem l-3ft. erect, much branched. Leaves 2-pinnate, 
ultimate segments often 1 by T \ in., nearly linear: bracteoles 
£ in., rays 6-12, |-2in., equal, slender; pedicels 8-20, •§■-£ 
in. Ovary minutely pubescent. Fruit 2 ViV i |J -> ovoid, ultimately 
shining, yellow, the dots microscopical, ridges faint ; carpels 
semiterete ; vittre solitary, small. 
Variety hebecarpa : — fruit T |- in., hispidulous, sometimes 
densly so and fuscous. 
Use : — The seeds are useful in hiccup, vomiting, and pain 
in the bladder. They form an ingredient of carminative and 
stimulant preparations, and are useful in dyspepsia. 
573 . 0. coptieum, Benth., h.f.b.i., ii. 682 . 
Syn. : — Ligusticum Ajouan, Roxb. 271, Ptychotis Ajowan DC. 
Sans. : — Yamani. 
Venn. : — Ajowan, ajwain (H.) ; Jowan (B.) ; Ajamo (Guz.) ; 
Chohara (Cutcli.) ; Ovva (Mar.); Jawind (Kashmir;; Aman, 
oman (Tam.); Omami, omamu (Tel.); Omu, oma (Kan.); 
Ajwan, owa (Bom.). 
Eng . : —The Bishop’s weed. 
Habitat : — Cultivated extensively in India, from the Punjab 
and Bengal to the South Deccan. 
An erect annual, 1-3 ft. high, glabrous or minutely pubescent. Leaves 
rather distant, 2-3-pinnate ; ultimate segments \ 1 in., all linear. Bracts 
usually many, linear, sometimes divided ; bracteoles 3-5, small, linear. Rays 
of umbel pubescent. Flowers pure white. Fruit ^2 *“•> ovoid, muricate, 
sub-hispid, carpels dorsally compressed, ridges distinct ; vittm solitary, small. 
(Duthie). 
Uses : — In native practice, they are much valued for their 
antispasmodic, stimulant, tonic, and carminative properties. 
They are administered in flatulence, atonic dyspepsia and 
