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sid^r but with several seeds within, which are red- 

 ?3isb and ?erj acrid, but pleasant to the taste. 



These fruHs are the lesser cardamoms^ or, as 

 ihey are generally .called., the rardaniom seeds of 

 the shops. They are excellent to sireugtheu the 

 stomach, and assist digcslion. They are also got^d 

 for disorders of the head^ and they are equal to 

 any thing against colics ; they are best taken by 

 chewing them sirigly in the mouth, and their taste 15 

 Dot at all cisagieeable. 



The two other kinds are the middle cardamom, 

 a long fruit very rarely raet with, and the great 

 cardamom, otherwise called the grain of paradiise, 

 much better than the cardamoms. 



The Caranna Tree, Carapina. 



A TALL and spreading tree of the West Indies, 

 the branches are numerous, and irregular ; the 



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with a paler, they are brittle ; the leaves are long 

 and narrow^ of a pale green, and sharp pointed ; the 

 flowers are small, the fruit is roundish and of the 

 bigness of an apple. This is the best account we 

 nave of it, but this is far from perfect or satisfac- 

 tory in every respect. 



All that we use of it is a resin which ooz^ 



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iom^what soft, and we have it \n oblong pieces. 



roiled up 



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plaister made of it is good for disorders of the head« 

 and some say will cure the sciatica without ioteraal 

 medicines, but this is not probable. 



Car LINE Thistle. Car Una. 



I HA.VE observed that many plants are oot 



