of the Malabar Cardamom. 249 



Fig. 10. The naked pistillum a little magnified, showing the 

 conical base of the style a, thickening again at b, and the 

 expanded stigma. 



Fig. 11. Longitudinal and transverse sections of the full-grown 

 perrcarpium, as it is taken from the plant, and before 

 drying. 



Fig. 12. Two seeds a little magnified, a the convex side, b the 

 flat grooved one. 



Fig. 13. The bare capsule, one side removed to show the trian- 

 gular rachis or seed-receptacle, with one of the eight-toothed 

 belts or fasciae lining one of its angles — viewed in front. 



Fig. 14. 15. The Cardamom pod, as it comes to market from the 

 drying processes.. 



Additional 'Remarks by William. George Maton, M.D. V.P.L.S. 



IF the author of the foregoing valuable communication had 

 been conversant with Mr. Roscoe's arrangement of the Scitaminece 

 (in the 8th volume of The Linnean Transactions), it is most pro- 

 bable tli-at he would not have refeiTed the plant producing the 

 Malabar Cardamom to the genus Amomum, notwithstanding it 

 has hitherto been placed under that appellation by most' other 

 botanical writers. 



The filament, or antheriferous petal,' of Amomtnn (according to 

 Mr. Roscoe) extends beyond the anthera, and terminates in three 

 lobes; whereas, in the plant so fully described and minutely 

 figured by Mr. White, the anthera is of equal length with the 

 filament, and appears to be somewhat emarginated, the notch 

 receiving the obtusely triangular stigma. Neither can this plant be 



considered^ 



