MAT=M1I 
No. 873.—Martonra CARDAMOMUM. (Smith and 
yee ae 
a+ Si 8. (Willd. ar Ms 
eS : <= Sn age Mm. > ee... Soc.) 
Dr. Maton had called the genus, ishing the cardamom 
seeds, Blletaria, from Elietars, the Malabar name of the — 
plant—Dr. J. Ed. Smith, suggested to name the genus in 
honour of Dr. Maton, which has been done by the classi 
poet, and excellent botanist, Mr. Roscoe of Liverpool, in 
his account of the Scifaminezx, to which the plant belongs. 
I have followed Paris in adopting the name, believing that 
Botany and Mat. Med. are indebted to the researches of 
Dr. Maton. Bie. 
QuvatiTres. Cardamom seeds are aromatic, warm, 
pungent, not heating the stomach like pepper. They con- 
sist of fecula, mucilage, and essential oil; water, alcohol, 
and ether, extract their virtues. 
Meprtcat Prorentres aNd Uses. Carminative and stomachic; 
this is the common language of Materia Medica—I would 
call them aromatic. Dose, grs. vito }j. They are chiefly 
used to give aroma and warmth to bitters, and other pre- 
arations—entering as an ingredient | ' 
Pith of Sassafras 
No, 374—MeEpuna SAssaFras. 
twigs. See No. 349. 
No. 375.—Mepvuta Samsuct. Pith of Elder: 
_  €abinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 449. 
_ No, 376.—Met, of the colleges—Honey. . 
Besides the general properties of saccharine bodies, possesses 
others peculiar to itself, depending on the presence of an 
- acid. For internal use, sugaris to be preferred; as honey, in 
some constitutions, produces gripes and colic pains; forms 
an excellent le, and facilitates the expectoration of _ 
viscid phlegm. Sometimes employed as an emollient ap- 
plication to abscesses, and asa detergent to ulcers. It is 
