178 BOTANICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL INQUIRIES. 



1859. BENZOIN or GUM BENJAMIN. Obtain complete specimens of 

 the tree which affords this drug in Siam. 



CARDAMOMS. The so-called Wild or Bastard Cardamom of 

 Siarn is produced by Amomum xanthioides, Wallich, a plant of 

 which complete and w ell-preserved specimens are requested, in 

 order that it may be described and figured. The seeds per se 

 have been imported into England, while the empty capsules are 

 found in the drug-shops of China. Are the latter exported 

 from Siam to China ? 



What is the origin of the cardamom called by the Chinese 

 Yang-chun-sha, the Hairy China Cardamom of pharmacologists ? 

 It is said to be produced in the province of Kwang-tung, and it 

 may be a native of Cochin China. 



Nothing is known of the origin of the scitamineous fruit to 

 which the name Large Round China Cardamom has been given, 

 and which is known to the Chinese as Tsaou-Jcow. The same 

 remark applies to the Bitter-seeded Cardamom, Y%h-che-tsze, 

 and Ovoid China Cardamom, Tsaou-Kwo or Qud-leu ; it is pro- 

 bable that all of them are productions of the south of China, or 

 of Cochin- China. 



CASSIA BARK. Specimens are much desired of the tree which 

 affords this bark in Java, on the Malabar coast, in the south of 

 China, and in Cochin-China. Botanical specimens should in all 

 instances include good samples of the bark, young and old, 

 obtained from the same tree. 



CASSIA BUDS. These are the immature fruits of a Cinna- 

 momum, native of Cochin -China, specimens of which are 

 requested. 



An inferior kind of Cassia Buds, known as Lovengoopoo, is 

 found at Madras. What is the species that affords it ? 



Aromatic Barks of other Laurinece, as Gulitlawang, Massoy, 

 Sintoc, are objects of commerce in the Indian Archipelago, and 

 are but imperfectly known in Europe. The traveller should 

 embrace the opportunity, when it occurs, of seeing the bark 

 collected, and of obtaining authentic specimens of it, and of 



