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elements of materia medica.
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to which they adhere by llieir face ( commissure ); the dorsal surface of each jj, ar y
traversed bv riAnae ’■' ftre
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Fig. 103
,»o>»wMre) ; me dorsal surface ot eacu * -^rftraversed by ridges, of which five ar ^
(costa seu juga primaria), and four s - eS ab-( jygn. secundaria ) ; the latter are some ca )|edsent: the spaces between the ridsfes a jinchannels (vallecula). In the channel rece p-the pericarp, are, sometimes, linear ui j lja liytacles, called villa. Seed pendulous, rart >!fadhering inseparably to the pern ar P’ a j, e Xloose : embrun mim.io from
_* ..iseparaDiy to tne P e ^' a , tl ,„ ,
loose : embryo minute, pendulous tro .j^ir t®of the axis (carpopborus); radicle p ^ ( Or-the hilum ; albumen abundant, horny, e jaesthosperma), or rolled inwards at _ f( j s f r on'r>‘ ( Campylosperma), or rarely curved in
Fruit of Pastinaca sativa. the base to the apex ( Coelosperma)■ J3c«f f5
A, Dorsal surface. P ,au ‘?> < j stuIar !' Urr °"^ile^e athi,,ff e b
B Horizontal section of the fn.it, f naBa % dmd f d ' somet,m “ "" fc pink.#
, ’ . . . , „ „ . the base. Flowers m umbels, wnue.r )flI . 0
a,bb,c c, juga primaria; 1, 2, 3, 4, ]()VV( (ir b]ue> ffenera || y surrounded by a
a, 6, vittse. lucre (Condensed from Decandolle),
Propert ies. —Extremely variable.
Ca'rurn Ca'rui, Linn. L. E. D.— Common Caraway■
Sex. Syst. Pentandria, Digynia.
(Fructus , /..—Fruit, E. —Semina, Z>.) ^ ^
History.— Caraway is not mentioned in the writings attnt> u ^pj oS -Hippocrates. Pliny (Hist. Nat. lib. xix. cap. 49 , ed. YalpO a P pt ar evPcorides (lib. iii. cap. 66 ), however, speak of it: the former calls it(from Caria, its native country),—the latter terms it rupee- _ u lar>
Botany. Gen. Char. —Margin of the calyx obsolete. Petals r " se <j.obovate, emarginate, with an indexed lobe. Stylopodium dep ^ er i-Styles deflexed. Fruit contracted at the side, ovate, or oblong- ^ af .carps [half-fruits] with five equal filiform ridges, the lateral on ^ginal. Commissure flat, bivittate- Channels one-vittate- Carp ^ oot ]ifree, forked at the apex. Seeds terete-convex, flat in front-^" t heoften perennial herbs. Root tuberous, edible. Leaves pinnatise >segments many cleft. Involucre variable. Flowers white (D- „ S ’!<unefl[ sSr. Char. — Root fusilbrm. Leaves bipmnatisect; the lower s
of the branches decussate, all
f,g- 196 - Involucre none (D. C.) , .9 fed
. Biennial. Stem branched
high. Umbels numerous, dense. in
white or pale flesh-coloured ; a PPJune. g all
Has. —In meadows and pasWover Europe ; naturalized in *' 0Largely cultivated in Essex. _ c 0 jn-
Description. — The mericarps^ gelJmonlv called caraway seeds (jT u j on g,semina carui ) are from If to 2 h neS ., ar Js,usually separated, slightly curved 1 c0 -
of a brownish colour, with five fig ^ s e-lourp.fl nrimnw.. -- 1 - - 11
ml
-...unmMi coiour, witn live ug***" <. e -
loured primary ridges; there are ncondary ones. In each channel i s _vitta, and on the commissure arGThe smell is aromatic and pecufi a >