60 FAMILY HERBAL. 



The bark of the foot is to be taken in pov^der, 

 or infusion ; it is good against obstructions of the 

 liver and spleen, in the jaundice, and hypochondriac 

 complaiots : it is also commended in indigestions. 



The Caraxna Tree. Caranna arhor. 



A TALL East Indian tree/ and a very beautiful 

 one: the trunk is thick, and the bark upon it U 

 brown and rough ; that on the joung branches is 

 smooth and yellowish. The leaves are long and 

 narrow, like those of some of our willow-trees. 

 The flower is small and of a pale colour, and the 

 fruit is of the bigness of an apple. 



The resin called gum caranna, is a product of 

 this tree ; it is procured by cutting the bran< 

 tliey send it in rolls covered with leaves of ru 

 it is blackish on the outside, and brown withii 



It is suposed a good nervous medicine^ but 



rarely used. 



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The LESSER Cardamom Plant. Cardamomum 



minus. 



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AN East Indian plant, in many respects resem- 

 bling our reeds. It grows to ten or tvvelve feet 

 liigh. The stalk is an inch thick, rounds smooth, 

 green, and holIoWj but with a pith within. The 

 leaves are half a yard lone, and as broad as a man's 

 hand : besides these stalks, there arise from the same 

 root others which are weak, tender, and about 

 eight inches high ; these produce the flowers which 

 are small and greenish, and after every flower one 

 «f the fruits, called the lesser cardamoms^ which 

 are a light dry hollow fruit, of a whitish colour^ 

 and some what triangular shape ; of the bigness of 

 an hor^e-bean, and of a dry substance pn the oiii^ 



