Amomum Cardamomum, Syfl. PL i. 4. F L Zeyl. 4. F L Cachet. 4. Car-
damomum minus, Rumph. A mb. v. p. 152. . t, 65.' f. 1. Elettari,
Rheed. Mai. n. p. 9. t. 6. Sonnerat, ii. 240. tab. 136. Gerard,
C. minus, 542. Cardamomum..Plinii, lib. xii. c. 7. Outlines, i.
p. 141.— In ufe among the antients, Gerard prefcribes them in
lack to cure the ague, and to warm, the cold and feeble ilomach.
Granuni Paradifi, 3. Grana Paradiii Officinarum,' Bauh. Pin. 413.
Rofeum, PI. of Coromandel, ii. tab. 126. Elettari, Rheed. Mai. ii.
t. 6. Gerard, 1542.
C o s tus Arabicus, 3. FL Zeyl. v. Cailiis Acabicus, Bmh. Pin. 36. Tiiana
kua* PJoeed. Mai. ii. p. 15. t. 8. Gerard, 1620. Outlines, i, 25.
— The Cofius is now expelled from our diipenfatory. The root
was highly eileemed by the antients, and fold at a high price,’ being
ufed in medicine, arid as a rich ointment. The beil was brought
from Patala, near the mouth o f the Indus, and from Perjia. Horace
fpeaks of the Achcemenius Cojlus among the highefl luxuries. Pliny
deicribes its qualities, Radix gujlu fervens, odore eximio, fruiice alias
inutile. Bontius fpeaks in high terms of its virtues, which he expe-
. riencedXn India. ■ • . -
M a r a n t a Galanga, 4. Galanga, Rumph. Amb. v . p. 143.. t. 63. Amo-
mum Galanga, Fl.Coch.i. 7.— Once in our difperifatory as a bitter,
but now omitted. Grows every where in wet places from Hindoojlan
to China, and in all the iiles. The roots are join tech and furrounded
with circular f ir ice $Tare hot, bitter, and iharp ; .muck ufed in India
to promote the appetite, and more for that purpofe than, for medicine.
O f this plant is made the Bocajfan, compofed of a fort of
ihell-fifh fleeped in vinegar, and the pickle called Achar, as famous
as,the Garum of the Romans. Thefe are much in ufe on the Malabar
coail,
Malaccenjis, Rumph. v. 177. tab. 7 1 . fig. 1 .
C u r c u m a rotunda, 5. FL Zeyl. 6. F l.C o ch .i. 1 1 . Curcuma, Rumph.
Amb.v. p. 168. t. 68 ? Manja-kua, Rheed. Mai. ii. p. 19. t. 10.
Outlines, X. p. 216.— Root confifts o f cluilers of jointed parts, to
which are.connected fmall oyal appendages; the roots are o f the
richeil golden color. Grows in Hindoojlan, Java, Balli, and Ceram.
Keeps its place in our difpenfatory.
longa, 5. F l.Z e y l .j . Rumph. Amb.v. p. 162. t. 67. F l.C o ch .i. 1 1 .
-Manjella-kua, Rheed. Mai. ik p. 21. 1 . 1 1 . Long-rooted Turmeric,
g JVoodville,
JVoodvillei Med. Bot. ii. 359. Gerard».33. 1631. Crocus Indicus,
S afran de tierra. Cyperus Indicus, Dio/corides, lib. i. c. 4.— The
root retained in our difpenfatory, and prefcribed in the jaundice, and
other vifceral chronical obilrudlions. Is the richeil of yellow dyes,
but no art can give it durability. It enters into the compoiition of
that filthy ingredient in the difhes o f our orientaliils, Curry, or Karri,
powder. Its roots are alfo much ufed as a food in India and many of
the iflands. Bontius, c. 39. fpeaks highly in its praife, not only for
its virtue in vifceral complaints, but for its efficacy in female diforders ;
and alfo for its excellency in promoting parturition. The Malayans
call it Borbori, which properly fignifies an ointment made o f the
root.
K a è Mp f e r j a Galanga, Syjl. PI. i. 3; F lor. Zeyl. 8. Sonchorus, Rumph.
Amb. v. p. 173. t. 69. f. 2. Katsjula kelengu, Rheed. Mai. ii,
p. 8 t . t. 41. Outlines, i. 207.
rotundat 5. FL Zeyl.q. JVoodville, ii. 360. Zedoaria Rotunda, Bauh.
Pin. 36. Malan-kua, Rheed. M.al. ii. p, 17. t. 6. Gérard, 34* The
root round. Suppofed to have been ufed in an tient medicine, and ilill
preierves a place in the Brttijh Pharmacopoeia. -
B o e h h a a v i a diffufa, 7.' FL Zeyl. 10. Tatu-dama, Rheed. Mai. vik
p. 105. t. 56. Brown Jam. 123.
D I A N D R I A MCXNÖ G f N I A .
N y c t a n T he s Arbor S rp is,- Syß. PI. i. .15.'- FI. Ziyi. ii. Myrto fim'ilis,
Bauh. P in . 469. Mania Pumerair, ''M e id . Mat. i. pi 35. t. 21 .
R a i. Hiß. p. 1698. Gerard, 1527. Outlines, i. p. 216.
Arbor Samhac, 15. Ft. Zeyl. 12. Bauh. Pin. 398. Flos Hanois,'
Rumfh. Amb. v. p. 52. t. 30. Arabian Pipe, Gerard, 1400. N° 3.
— Rumphius A yles this thenöbleft of .Mb» flowers, not 011 account of
its beauty, hut its excpiifite ifccnt. Likeröthers of the.genus, it opens
in the night, .and emits an unparalleled fragrancy. ' It is the delight
of all ranks o f people ; is .gathered and worn by the youth of both
fexes, braided in‘th'iir hair, or elegahkly fcaitere'd over their drefs.
undulata, 15. Rai. Hiß, 1601. Tfieregam Mulla, Riheid. Mai. vi.
p. 97. t. 53.— Grateful as the former for its admirable fcent, which
it never lofes, and has a perpetual fucceffion o f flowers.
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