. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2) . sale at Malabar is about 120, or,according to another account, only 100 candies, from the following places(Hamilton, op. cit. vol. ii. p. 536): Candies of Candies of 640 lb9. 640 lbs. Coorg-; 40 30 Wynaad 57 65 Tamarachery ..... 20 3 Cadutinada or Cartinaad 3 2 120 100 The cardamoms of the Wynaad are shorter, fuller of seed, and whiter, thanthose of Malabar, and sell for 100 rupees a candy more. Those of Coorg havefewer fine grains, but they have also fewer black or light ones. The cardamomsof Sersi (western part of Soonda) are inf
. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 2) . sale at Malabar is about 120, or,according to another account, only 100 candies, from the following places(Hamilton, op. cit. vol. ii. p. 536): Candies of Candies of 640 lb9. 640 lbs. Coorg-; 40 30 Wynaad 57 65 Tamarachery ..... 20 3 Cadutinada or Cartinaad 3 2 120 100 The cardamoms of the Wynaad are shorter, fuller of seed, and whiter, thanthose of Malabar, and sell for 100 rupees a candy more. Those of Coorg havefewer fine grains, but they have also fewer black or light ones. The cardamomsof Sersi (western part of Soonda) are inferior to those of Coorg. (Hamilton,op. cit. vol. ii. p. 538, and vol. iii. p. 228.) Description.—The fruit of the Elettaria Cardamomum constitutes the small,officinal, Malabar cardamom [cardamoms, Ed.; cardamomum minus, Clusius,Matthiolus, Bontius, Geoffroy, Dale, Geiger, Th. Martius, and Guibourt; car-damomum malabarense). It is an ovate-oblong, obtusely triangular capsule,from three to ten lines long, rarely exceeding three lines in breadth; coriaceous,. OFFICINAL CARDAMOMUM. 163 ribbed, grayish or brownish-yellow. It contains many angular, blackish orreddish-brown, rugose seeds {cardamomum, L.; cardamomum excorticatum,Omc.) which are white internally, have a pleasant aromatic odour, and a warm,aromatic agreeable 100 parts of the fruit yield 74 parts of seeds and 26parts of pericarpial coats. (Th. Martius, Pharmakogn.) Three varieties of Malabar cardamoms are distinguished in commerce, , short-longs, and long-longs. et. Shorts: Malabar cardamoms properly so called: Petit FlG. 161. cardamome (Guib.); ? Wynaad cardamom (Hamilton);? ! Prima species Elettari plane rotunda et albicans.(Rheede, pars xi. tab. 4, 5, and 6.)—From three to six lineslong, and from two to three lines broad; more coarsely-rib-bed, and of a browner colour, than the other varieties. Thisis the most esteemed variety. $. Short-longs: ? Secunda species Elettari oblongior sedvilior (Rheed
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