Carum
(from Karos, the Greek name used by Dioscorides). Caraway (originally found at Caria, in Asia Minor). Including Ptychotis. ORD. Umbelliferae. Glabrous herbs. Flowers white. Leaves pinnate; segments or leaflets multifid. Roots tuberous. Caraway is a naturalised biennial, and will do well in most garden soils if tolerably dry in winter. The seeds are best sown in autumn, or in March, in drills 1ft. apart, and the plants, when strong enough, thinned out to about 8in. in the rows. The ground will require an occasional hoeing. Seeds will be produced in the following summer, ripening about August. These are much used, after being dried, in confectionery, and sometimes for flavouring and perfumery. For culture of C. Petroselinum, see Parsley. C. Carvi (Caraway). fl. white; involucre and involucels wanting. May. l. bipinnate; leaflets decussate, multifid. Stems furrowed. h. 1 1/2ft. Europe. (Sy. En. B. 582.) C. Petroselinum (Petroselinum). Parsley. fl., involucre of few, partial one of many, leaflets. June and July. l. decompound, shining; lower leaflets ovate-cuneate, trifid, toothed; upper ones lanceolate, nearly entire. Europe (naturalised in Britain). SYN. Petroselinum sativum.