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A Tin&ure, and Extra£l alfo, are prepared from 
Zedoary either with Spirit of Wine, or with Wine. 
The frefh Root is ufually candied with Sugar, 
and is good to ftrengthen the Stomach. 
Artic. XX. Of Ginger. 
Zingiber five G ingiber , Off. XiyylQs^s, Diofic. et 
Gal Zimpiperi et Zingiberi , Plm. Ginger is a tu- 
berous, knotty Root, divided into Branches, flat- 
tifh, fomewhat fibrous in its Subfiance, of a pale 
or yellowifh Colour, and covered with a thin 
brownifn Pellicle, which is ufually flripped off be- 
fore it comes to us, when the Root is frefh. It 
has an extremely acrid, hot, aromatick Tafte, like 
Pepper, and a fragrant Smell. It is brought from 
China , Malabar and Ceylon \ and alfo from fome 
Provinces of America. China Ginger being the leafl 
fibrous or ilringy, is moft efleemed. It ought to 
be frefh, of a white or pale Colour, and good 
Smell. When it is worm-eaten and dully, it is 
bad ; or when its Surface is fpread over with Bole 
or Chalk to conceal Worm-Holes, to which it is 
very liable. 
The Plant is called Zingiber angnfticri folio , fcz- 
min a , utriufque Indite alumna , Plukn. Almag. p. 397. 
Iris latifolia tuberefa , Zingiber dill a , flore albo , H. 
Oxon. Mangaratia , Pifonis : Gingibil, Bontii ; Chil- 
li India Orientalise feu Zingiber feemina , Hernandez 
Inf chi , Del Infchi-Kua , Hort . Malabar. 
It is cultivated in all the Provinces of the Indies . 
It does not feem to be a Native of America , but 
to have been tranfplanted from the Eaft Indies , or 
Philippine I (lands, into New Spain and Br affile. 
Another Species is diflinguifhed Zingiber Sylvefi re 
mas , Pifion. Mantifs. arem. Anchoas fieu Zingiber mas 9 
Her nan d. Katou-Inffcbi-Ktta , Hort. Malabar , which 
differs 
