64 The Ufeful Family Herbal. | 
The Flower is fmall and of a pale Colour, and F 
the Fruit is of the Bignefs of an Apple. “i 
The Refin, called Gum Caranna, isa Produét a 
of this Tree; it is procured by cuttingthe Branches | 
they fend it in Rolls covered with Leaves of Ruthes; | 
it is blackifh on the Outfide, and brown within. 7 
It is fuppofed a good nervous —— bg ae 
it is rarely ufed. i 
The LESSER CARDAMOM PLANT. d 
~CARDAMOMUM MINUS. 
AN Eaft-Indian Plant in many Refpeéts refem- 
bling our Reeds. It grows to ten or twelve 
Feet high. The Stalk is an Inch thick, round, 
fmooth, green, and hollow, but with a Pith 
within. The Leaves are half a Yard long, and 
as broad as a Man’s Hand : Befides thefe Stalks, 
there arife from the fame Root others which 
weak, tender, and about eight Inches high 
thefe produce the Flowers which are {mall 
greenifh, and after every Flower one of the Frui 
called the leffer Cardamoms, which are a lig 
5 er = = a Sie Colour, and ee 
_ what triangular the Bignefs of anH 
bean, and of a dey Ss the Outfid 
but with feveral Seeds within, which are r 
and very acrid, but pleafant to the Tafte. 
Thefe Fruits are the leffer Sot wipe 
3 the ho penceatly called, the Cardamom Seeds. 
: ng of the ft Cholicks: they are 
taken by Sewte them fingly in the Mouth, 
eir Taite. is not at all pra gi 
: Ft ey ly met with, and the g re 
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