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Show CARAWAYS, Mls Wis NY yap, Spirits draw a tincture that has the taste, but not a very strong flavour; and water extracts a tincture that has a strong flavour, and but a weak taste. They are principally used as stomachic and carminative; and are frequently mixed with infusions of senna, to correct its griping quality. Thereis an essential oil ordered to be drawn from them, which is given from three or four to ten drops. And we have an ag. seminumcarui drawn with spirits, which may be used from a drachmto half an ounce, as a cordial spi. rituous water. PREPARATION, Seirtt or Caraway. Take of caraway seeds, bruised, half a pound ; ——— diluted alcohol, nine pounds: Macerate for two days in a close vessel ; then pour on as much water as will prevent empyreuma, and draw off, by distillation, nine pounds, CARAWAYS. CARUM CARUI. bene Class V. Pentandria. Bs8ENT, GEN. Cuan. Order 11. Monogynia. Fruit ovato-oblong, striate: Involucre monophyl- lous: Petals keeled, inflexo-emarginate. a DESCRIPTION. Ir rises to two or three feet. The leaves are long, and subi i i 2 “hic are narrc prow. divide into numerous pinnula or segments, which 7 i ey a pointed, of adark green colour. ifTheflowers growin termin umbels. It has a terminal and partial umbel. The seeds are e 3 . rm ~ two, naked, brown, striated, and of an oblong shape. HUSTORY. This plant is a native of Britain, and grows in meadows and low grounds; but the seeds of the cultivated plant are said , be larger, more oily, and of a more agreeable flavour than ee of the wild plant, which are hot andacrid. and June. (Spiritus Cari Carui. It flowers in May MEDICAL VIRTUES. i a pleasant, hot, aromatic roniati seed, abo bounding The caraway is ae with anessential oil, and containing gummyand resinous pé |