AMMI

(Lat.), n. n, A2m(a3m)/mi(mi?), Gen,, am’meos (-ios), or indecl. From amuse {Dioscorides], the Ptychotis coptica; according to some, from apés, a urinal, because acting as a diuretic, but this is probably erroneous... Fr., ammi. Ger., Ammet. It., ammi. 1. Of the ancients, the peeaipr a coptica. 2. A genus of umbelliferous plants established by Tournefort, bearing 4-parted white O, no; 0%, not; 0%, whole; Th, thin; Th?, the; U, like oo in too; U2, blue; U?, lull; U4, full; U*, urn; U%, like ü (German). flowers in 4-rayed umbels. [B, 78, 180.]—A. Bœberi [Hoeg.], A. cieutæfolium [Willdenow]. The A. majus. [B, 46.]—A. copticum. See PTYCHOTIS copticum and PryCHOTIS ujowan.—A. creticum a rom at i cum [Bauhin]. The A. Matthioli. [B, 46.1—A. de Candie, A. de Créte, A. des boutiques (Fr.). The Helosciadium laterifiorum, [B,173; L, 85, Ae a divers i folium [Noul.]. The A.majus. [B,46.|—A. glaucitolium [Linnœus). A species growing fn the Mediterranean countries of Europe, regarded as a variety of A. majus, from which it differs chiefly in the form of its leaves. [H. Baillon (B, 46).]—A. majus [Linnæus]. Fr., ammi officinal, Ger., gemeiner (oder gro er) Ammet. Syn.: Ammios muricata [Monch], ‘Aplum ammi [Crantz]. A species growing in Europe, North America, and western Asia, having a smooth stem and pinnatisect leaves with serrulated lobes, cartilaginous at the border. It is allied in appearance to dill. Its seeds (semen ammeos [seu ammios seu a.] major is: Ger., gro er [oder gemeiner] Am me is a men) have an aromatic pericarp, and have been used as a carminative and stimulant. They formed one of the 4 ‘le er warm seeds.” [B, 46, 180; 1, 85. —A Matthioli. See under PrycHoTIS.—A. odore origan i [Bauhin]. The A. copticum. {B, 46.]—A. officinal (Fr.). 1. The A. majus. [B, 121.] 2. The ajowan. [B, 113.] See PryoxoTIs ajowan. fœniculi. The Ptychotis feniculifolia. —A, parvum foli [L.] S en en orane= A perpusillum [Lobel]. À Species of Ptychotis with very small fruit, probably the P. ajowan. [B, 18, 46.|—A’saimen (Ger.). See Am met samen.—A, semine apli {Bauhin]. The A. Matthioli. [B, 46.]—A. verum. See Semen ammeos ver i,—A. visnaga [Lamarek]. Fr., her be au cure-dents, cure-dents @Espagne. Syn.: Daucus visnaga (et D. gingidium) [Linnœus], Visnaga daucoides [Gürtner], Gohoria [Necker]. A species with a striate smooth stem, growing in southern Europe, northern Africa, and the East. It is the kell ah of the Arabians and furnishes kell in (q. v.). The plant is used in Spain for making tooth-picks; hence its French names. A tonic and astringent wash is made from the fruit; a decoction of the seeds is a feeble anti pyre tie, used in rheumatism, together with the local application of an ointment of the same, and in uric-acid lithiasis; and poultices are made from the leaves. [Moustapha, “Gaz. hebd. des sci. méd. de Montpellier,” Jan., 1886, p. 80: “ Union méd.,” Apr. 8, 1886, p. 569; “ N. Y. Med. Jour.,” May 1, 1886, p. 508 (A); H, Baillon (B, 46); B, 173,|—A. vulgare [Dodon].’ The’ A. majus. [B, 46.]—Gemeiner A., Gemeiner A’samen, ete, (Ger.). See under AMMEI.— Semen ammeos cretic i. See Semen ammeos ver i.—Semen ammeos major is. Ger., Am me is a men. The seed of A. majus. [B, 180.]—Semen ammeos ver i. Ger., ächter Am me is a men, wahrer A, A name often given to the seed of Sison ammi (Helosciadium lateriflorum), but also, and more properly, yin to the seed of Ptychotis coptica. [B, 180.|—Semen a. cretic i. See Semen ammeos ver i.—Semen a. major is. The seed of A. majus. [B, 180.] —Semen a. minor is. See Semen ammeos ver i—Semen ammios. The seed of Helosciadium lateriflorum. [B, 180.]-Semen ammios major is, Semen a. vulgar is. The seed of A. majus. [B, 180.]—Wahrer A. See Semen ammeos ver i.