8 FAMILY HERBAL. 



calambaCj common lignum aloes^ and calamhour; 

 of these the calambac is the finest and the most 

 resinous^ the calambour is almost a mere chip, the 

 other is of a middle value 'between them. They are 

 all of the same virtue^ but in different degrees. They 

 are said to be cordial and strengthening to the 

 stomachy but we use them very little. 



True Amomum. Ajnoinum verum racehicsum. 



AMOMUM is another of those drugs we re- 

 ceive from abroad J and do not know the plants 

 wliich produce them. The fruit itself^ vihich is 

 called amomum, is like the lesser cardamom^ but 

 that it is round ; it consists of a skinny husk 

 and seeds within, and is whitish and of the big- 

 ness of a horse-^bean. Several of these sometimes 

 are found growing together to one stalk in a close 

 body. 



The old physicians used it as a cordial and 

 carminative, but at present it is much neglected! 



Common Amomum. Amomum vulgcre. 



THOUGH (Tie amomurn before mention- 

 ed be not used in prescription, it is an ingre- 

 dient in some old compositions ; and, being of- 

 ten not to be met with-it has been found neces- 

 sary to substitute another carminative seed in itsr 

 place ; this grows on an English plant, thence called 

 also amomum. 



The common amomum, otherwise called bas- 

 tard stone parsley, is frequent about our hedges • 

 it grows to three feet in height, but the stalk 

 is slender, and divided into a great many branches. 

 The leaves are of a bright green and winged, 

 or composed of double rows of smaller, with an 



