ence in size, colour, and hairiness in the two forms, but there is a series of connecting links through the variety hebecarpa. In C. 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 vittæ very minute, petals hairy.
C. B. Clarke describes the general character of C. stictocarpum thus ; — Glabrous, or minutely hairy. Root fusiform. Stem l-3ft. erect, much branched. Leaves 2-pinnate, ultimate segments often 1 by 1/12 in., nearly linear : bracteoles ¼in., rays 6-12, ½-2in., equal, slender ; pedicels 8-20, ⅛-¼ in. Ovary minutely pubescent. Fruit 1/24-1/16 in., ovoid, ultimately shining, yellow, the dots microscopical, ridges faint ; carpels semiterete ; vittæ solitary, small.
Variety hebecarpa : — -fruit 1/16-1/12 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. C. copticum, Benth., h.f.b.l, ii. 682.
Syn. : — Ligusticum Ajouan, Roxb. 271, Ptychotis Ajowan DC.
Sans. : — Yamâni.
Vern. : — Ajowan, ajwâin (H) ; Jowân (B.) ; Ajamo (Guz.) ; Chohara (cutch.) ; Owa (Mar.); Jawind (Kashmir); Aman, oman (Tam.); Omami, omamu (Tel.); Omu, oma (Kan.); Ajwân, owâ (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 1/12 in., ovoid, muricate, sub-hispid, carpels dorsally compressed, ridges distinct ; vittæ 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
