122 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Lovur., Fl. cochin., 5:—Amomum medium, sinice tsao 
quo (%2 92). Pericarpium oblongum, striatum, crassum, 
coriaceum.—Tarar., Cat., 5:—Ts‘ao kuo. Fructus Amomi 
medit.—-This is the Ovoid China Cardamom figured and 
described in Hans., Se. pap., 105, 106, 250:—P. Smits, 
14, 
Cust. Med., p. 872 (433):—Ts‘ao (tow) k‘ou exported 
1885 from Canton 0.2 picul. 
Ibid., p. 372 (434) :—Ts‘ao kuo exported from Canton 
653 piculs,—p. 406 (164), from Kiung chow 428 piculs,— 
p- 424 (182), from Pak hoi 402 piculs. 
The drawing in the Phon zo [IX, 21, 22] sub Bi Wi 
represents, it seems, LourErro’s Amomum globosum, of which 
only the fruits are known to European botanists, 
FA SEH pai tou k‘ou (white Cardamom) is the Chinese 
name for the Cardamom imported from foreign countries. 
P., X1Va, 37. 7£., CXLVII. The seeds are used in 
medicine. It does not seem to be mentioned in Chinese 
works before the 8th cent. 
Caen Ts‘anc-x‘I [8th cent.]:—The pai tou Kou is 
produced in the country of Ka-ku-lo, and is called there 3 8 
to ku. The plant resembles the pa tsiao (Musa, Banana). 
The leaves resemble those of the tu jo [Alpinia. See 55]. 
They are from eight to nine feet long, shining, evergreen. 
Flowers of a pale yellow colour. The fruit is produced in 
clusters, hanging down like grapes. They are at first green 
but become white when ripe. They are gathered in the 
7th month. 
Su Suye [11th cent.|:—This plant is now grown i 
Kuang chou (Kuang chou fu) and in I chou [in Kuang $1, 
- App. 103], but the drug is inferior in value ‘to that brought 
by foreign ships. | 
