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and Fusanus acuminatus, R. Br., of Australia, though 

 mainly used for cabinet-work, incense, and perfumery, 

 yield an essential oil, lately used as a substitute for 

 Copaiba.* 



ZINGIBERACE.E. 



Zingiber officinale, Roscoe, GINGER, a native of 

 Asia, now largely cultivated in Jamaica, though mainly 

 used as a condiment (see p. 65, supra), is a useful 

 stomachic. We import some 1,600 tons of its rhizomes 

 annually.f 



Elettaria Cardamomum, Maton, the true or MALA- 

 BAR CARDAMOM, a native of Southern India, has long 

 been valued in India and in Northern Europe, its 

 aromatic seeds, which contain a camphor isomeric 

 with that of turpentine, C 10 H 16 (H 2 O) 3 , being used 

 mainly as a condiment (see p. 67, supra}. The seeds 

 of various species of Amomum are substituted for it 

 in Asia.]: 



Amomum, Melegueta, Roscoe, GRAINS OF PARA- 

 DISE, the production of which gives its name to the 

 Grain Coast of West Tropical Africa, long similarly 

 used, is a more pungent and less aromatic substance. 

 It used to be employed with ginger and cinnamon in 

 making the spiced wine known as Hippocras, but is 

 now used in fiery cordials and in cattle medicines. 



Alpinia officinarwn, Hance, of the island of Hainan, 

 has only been known as the source of the aromatic 



* * Pharmacographia,' pp. 540-5. Bentley and Trimen, iv. 

 pi. 252. 



f Ibid., iv, pi. 270. 



Ibid., iv, pi. 267. ' Pharmacographia,' pp. 582-9. 



Ibid., pp. 590-592 ; W. J. Hooker, ' Pharm. Journ.,' xii 

 (1852), p. 192. Bentley and Trimen, iv, pi. 268. 



