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2. Cardamomum medium , Mat thiol. Cardamomum 
majus , Bontii. This is an oblong, (lender, three- 
cornered Fruit or Pod, an Inch or an Inch and an 
half long, marked with ending obtufely at 
the Top, of an afhy Colour, hard to be broken, 
and containing in three Cells a large Quantity of 
oblong, flat, angular Seeds : Thefe are wrapped 
up in very thin white Membranes, and divided 
through the Middle on one Side by a fmall Fur- 
row, which is interfe&ed by many tranfverfe Lines. 
They are of a reddifli white Colour, and their Sub- 
fiance is white, acrid, and aromatick. This Sort 
feldom comes to us. 
The Plant is like that which bears the leflfer Car- 
damom, which we fhall now fpeak ; only that 
it grows fometimes higher, and has larger Leaves. 
3. Cardamomum minus , Mat thiol. Cardamomum 
veterum Gr^e corum. Cardamomum /implicit er in Ojfi- 
cinis dittum^ C. B. P. This alfo is a dry Fruit, or 
fhort triangular membranaceous Pod, about five 
Lines in length, blunt at the upper Extremity, and 
ending more in a Point towards the Stalk, of a 
pale reddifli Colour, and flriated as the former. 
The Hufk is much thinner than in the Cardamomum 
medium , and when it is fully ripe opens at the Cor- 
ners. Within it is ufually divided into three Cells 
by fine Membranes which are eafily lacerated. In 
each of thefe Cells are found two Rows of corner- 
ed rough Seeds, of a reddifli yellow Colour, and 
white in their internal Subfiance. They have an 
acrid, bitterifli, aromatick, and, as it were, cam- 
phorated Tafte. Many Pods are fometimes found 
hanging by (lender Pedicles upon one common 
Stalk \ whence we may learn that they grow up- 
on the Plant in Bunches. They are brought from 
the Eafi Indies. 
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