238 FLORA INDICA. 



-Amomum Carhmomumy SyJi.Pl'i. 4. FlZeyl. 4. Fl.Coch. \. 4. Car- 

 damomum minus, 'Riiinph. Amb. v. p. 152. t. 65. f. i. Elettari, 

 Rheed.Mal.\\. p. 9. t. 6. Sonnerat, ii. 240. tab. 136. Gerard, 

 C. minus, 542. Cardamomum. Plinti, lib. xii. c. 7. Outlines, i. 

 p. 141. — In.ufe among the antients, Gerard prefcribes them in 

 fack to cure the agiie, and to warm the cold and feeble flomach. 



Granum Paradifi, 3. Grana Paradifi Officlnarum, Baub. Pin. 413. 

 Rofeum, PL of Coromandel, ii. tab. 126. Elettari, Rheed. Mai, ii. 

 t. 6. Gerard, 1542. 



CosTUs Arabicus, 3. Fl. Zeyl. v. Coflus Arabicus, Baub. Pin. 36. Tfiana 

 kiia, Rljeed. Mai. ii. p. 15. t. 8. Gerard, 1620. Outlines, i. 25. 

 — The Cojhis is now expelled from our difpenfatory. The root 

 was highly efleemed by the antients, and fold at a high price, be- 

 ing ufcd in medicine, and as a rich ointment. The beffc was brought 

 from Patala, near the mouth of the Indus, and from Perfia. Horace 

 fpeaks of the Achamenius Cojius aniong the highefl luxuries. Pliny 

 defcribes its qualities. Radix giijlu fervens, odore eximio, frutice alias 

 inutile. Bontius fpeaks in high terms of its virtues, which he expe- 

 rienced in India. 



Maranta Galdnga, 4. Galanga, Rumph. Amb. v. p. 143. t. 63. Amo- 

 mum Galanga, Fl. Coch. i. 7. — Once in our difpenfatory as a bitter, 

 but now omitted. Grows every where in wet places from Hindoojlan 

 to China, and in all the ifles. The roots are jointed, and furrounded 

 with circular y?r/«e J are hot, bitter, and fharp ; much ufed in India 

 to promote the appetite, and niore for that purpofe than for me- 

 dicine. Of this plant is made the Bocajfan, compofed of a fort of 

 fhell-fini fteeped in vinegar, and the pickle called Acbar, as famous 

 as the Garum of the Romans. Thefe are much in ufe on the Ma- 

 labar coafl. 



Malaccenfis, Rumph. v. ijy. tab. 71. fig. i. 



C\JKC\3U A rotunda, ^. Fl. Zeyl.6. Fl. Coch. i. 11. Cmcumz, Rumph. 

 Amb. V. p. 168. t. 68 ? Manja-kua, Rheed. Mai. ii. p. 19. t. 10. 

 Outlines, I. p. 216. — Root confifts of cluflers of jointed parts, to 

 which are connedled fmall oval appendages ; the roots are of the 

 richefl golden color. Grows in Hindoojlan, 'Java, Balli, and Ceram, 

 Keeps its place in our difpenfatory. 



longa, ^. Fl.Zeyl.j. Rumph. Amb. v. p. 162. Lfij. Fl.Coch.'x. 11. 



Manjella-kua, Rheed. Mai. ii, p. 21 . t. 1 1 . Long-rooted Turmeric, 



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