of the Malabar Cardamom. 249 
Fig. 10. The naked pistillum a little magnified, showing the 
conical base of the style a, thickening again at b, and the 
expanded stigma. 
Fig. 11. Longitudinal and transverse sections of the full-grown 
pericarpium, as it is.taken from the plant, and before 
drying. 
Fig..12. Two seeds a little magnified, a e convex videi b the 
flat grooved one.. 
Fig. 13. The bare capsule, one side removed to show the trian- 
- gular rachis or seed-receptacle, with one of the eight-toothed 
— belts or fascie lining one of its angles—viewed in front. 
Fig..14.. 15. The Cardamom. pod, as it.comes to market from the 
drying processes.. 
Additional Remarks by. William. George Maton, M. D. V.P.L.S.. 
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IF the author of‘ thie’ ‘foregoing valuable communication had 
been conversant with Mr. Roscoe's arrangement of the Scitaminee 
(in the 8th- volume of‘ The Linnean Transactions), it is most pro-. 
bable that he weuld not have referred the plant producing the 
Malabar Cardamom to the genus 4momum, notwithstanding it 
lias hitherto been. kate ecd 3-9 m by most: other: 
botanical writtts. ro 
' The filament, or antheriferous ipea of Amomum (according es 
Mr. Roscoe) extends beyond the anthera, and terminates in three 
lobes ; whereas, in- the- ‚plant so fully: ‘described and minutely: 
figured by Mr: White; the anthera is of equal length with the: 
juinent; and’ appears: to be somewhat-emarginated, the notch 
receiving the obtusely triangular stigma. Neither can this plant be: 
. considered. 
