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560. AMOMUM GLOBOSUM, continued. 



c. Fruit. (Small Round China Cardamom.") 



Note. These fruits have been figured by Hanbury in P. J. [1] , vol. 

 xiv., p. 353, figs. 1 and 2. The seeds of the large kind are greyish brown, 

 not polished, and have a deep fuirow on one side. The taste recalls the 

 odour of bruised camomile leaves. They are used in China as a sto- 

 machic. See Chinese Collection of Drugs. 



The small round China cardamom differs in having a reticulated cap- 

 sule, and in the seeds having a Y-shaped furrow. 



561. AMOMUM KORARIMA, Pereira. 



a. Fruit. (Korarima Cardamom, Gurdgie Spice, Heil, 



Habhal-habashi.) 



Note. This fruit is mentioned in very old pharmacopoeias as Carda- 

 momum majus, by which name grains of paradise are now usually 

 intended. Pharmacographia, p. 589 ; Pomet Diet. Drugs, p. 21. The 

 seeds are brown, and taste somewhat like Malabar cardamoms. They are 

 larger than grains of paradise. See for 1 fig., Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. 

 L, p. 250, fig. 106; P. J. [1], vol. vi., p. 511. It is used in Abyssinia 

 as a carminative, and by the Arabs as a. spice for their coffee. P. J. [1], 

 vol. xii., p. 587. 



562. AMOMUM LATIFOLIUM, Afz. (Obro-enlah, Obro-lelah, Mabubu, 



Egbubu, Goguoi.) 



a. Fruit, from Sierra Leone. 



Note. This specimen was presented by Dr. DanielL See P. J. [1] , 

 vol. xvi., p. 470. The seeds are oblong and polished, blackish brown, 

 about the size of a grape stone, and are almost tasteless. The root and 

 plant are used by the natives to remove the debility following fevers. 

 They are boiled with the leaves of Morinda citrifolia, L., and the decoc- 

 tion used to wash the body every morning. 



563. AMOMUM LONGISCAPUM, Hook. f. (Obro Begliar.) 



a. Fruit, from Sierra Leone. Presented by Dr. W. F. Daniell. 

 Note. The fruit of this species is figured in P. J. [1] , vol. xvi., p. 469. 

 The seeds are angular and have scarcely any aroma. They are not used in 

 medicine by the natives. 



564. AMOMUM MACROSPERMUM, Smith. 



a. Fruit. (Large-seeded Guinea Cardamom.) 



Note. This fruit is the mabooboo of the natives of Sierra Leone. The 

 seeds are about the size of grains of paradise ; angular and polished, of a 

 leaden grey colour, with a pale circular mark surrounding the hilum. 

 The taste is slightly aromatic, and resembles that of cajuput oil. For 

 fig. of the fruit see Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. i., p. 253. 



b. Fruit. 



Note. This specimen is the one alluded to by Dr. Pereria as having 

 been given to him by Dr. Daniell. The following memorandum is 

 attached to it : " The fruit is called palancupon in the Mandingo lan- 

 guage. The pulp, which is acidulous, is sucked by the natives. The 

 flowers are stalked (in this respect differing from those of A. Melagueta), 

 white, with a purplish tint. The plant grows at Goto, Cape St. Mary, 

 Gambia. Given by Dr. Daniell, August 19th, 1849." See Per. Mat. Med., 

 vol. ii., pt. i., p. 253. 



