6 4 Tffe Ufeful Family HerbaL 



The Flower is fmall and of si pale Colour, and 

 the Fruit is of the Bignefs of an Apple. 

 ' The Refin, called Gum Caranna, is a Prpdudl: 

 of this Tree-, it is procured by cutting the Branches; 

 they fend it in Rolls covered with Leaves of Rufhes; 

 it is blackifh on the Outfide, and brown within. 



It is fuppofed a good nervous Medicine, but 

 it is rarely ufed. 



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The LESSER Cardamom Plant. 



CARDAMOMUM MINUS. 



N Eafi-Indian Plant in many Refpeds referii- 

 bling our Reeds. It grows to ten or twelve 

 Feet high. The Stalk is an Inch thick, round, 

 fmooth, green, and hollow, but with a Pith 

 within. The Leaves are half a Yard long, and 

 as broad as a Man's Hand : Befides thefe Stalks, 

 there arife from the fame Root others which are 



,,^. weak, tender, and about eight Inches high; 



'5,1 thefe produce the Flowers which are fmall and 



greenifh, and after every Flower one of the Fruits 

 called the lefTer Cardamoms, which are a light 



dry hollow Fruit of a whitifh Colour, and fome- 

 what triangular Shape ; of the Bignefs of an Horfe- 

 bean, and of a dry Subftance on the Outfide, 

 but with feveral Seeds within, which are reddifh 

 and very acrid, but pleafant to the Tafle. 



Thefe Fruits are the leffer Cardamoms, or, as 

 they are generally called, the Cardamom Seeds or 

 the Shops. They are excellent to ftrengthen the 

 Stomach, and afiift Digeftion. They are aifo 

 good for Diforders of the Head, and they are 

 equal to any Thing againft Cholicks ; they are 

 beft taken by chewing them fingly in the Mouth, 

 and their Tafte is not at all difagreeable. 



The two other kinds are the middle Cardamom, 



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Frjit very rarely met with, and the grea 



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