Fig. 265. Ceylon Cardamoms.

Fig. 265. Ceylon Cardamoms.

a, The dried capsules of commerce.
b, Transverse section of a capsule.
c, Seeds.
d, Magnified view of a section of a seed, to show the embryo seated in vitellus (Lindley).

This image is from Greater Elettaria in Pereira's Elements of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, 1854.