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CAR Ven species, of which the spinosa, or common caper, only is culti- vated in Britain, but with great difficulty. This plant delights in the crevices of rocks, old walls, Src. and thrives luxuriantly in an horizontal direction. In the warm parts of Europe, it is propagated by seeds, and the buds, pickled with vinegar, fee. are annually import- ed from Italy, or the Mediterra- nean. Capers are supposed to excite the appetite, to assist digestion, and to be useful detergents, and ape- rients, in obstructions of the liver. Capoxtail Grass. See Fes- cue. CARAWAY, the Common, or Co rum caru'i, L. is an indige- nous biennial plant, propagated from seeds, which ought to be sown in autumn ; it blows in the second year, and decays a short time after the seeds are ripe. This plant furnishes a wholesome and agreeable food to goats, swine, and sheep, but is refused by cows and horses. The young roots are said to be more delicious than parsnips, fend the tender leaves may be boiled with pot-herbs. Bechsteix asserts, that cara- way, if carefully transplanted into a richer soil, produces roots not in- ferior to those of the scorzonera, both in taste and utility : they also afford a very agreeable pickle, when preserved in vinegar, su^ar, fee. On account of their aromatic smell, and warm, pungent taste, the seeds of caraway may be class- ed among the iinest stomachics and carminatives of our climate. To persons afflicted with flatulency, and liable to colics, if administered in proper quantities, they generally afford considerable relief, and may CAR [ 4 35 sometimes be used with advantage in tertian agues. Caraway seeds, when finely pounded, spread on bread and but- ter, with a small quantity of ginger 1 and salt, and eaten every morning and evening, have been found to he an excellent remedy against hv se- ries ; unless this complaint arise from improper diet, acrid humors, bile, passion, &c. They are like- wise used in cakes, and, when in- crusted with sugar, are called car- away-comfits. Besides these mul- tifarious purposes, caraway-seeds are distilled with spirituous liquors, on account of their flavour: but they produce a noxious, heating oil, which renders those liquors far more pernicious to health, than they are even in a pure state. Carbon. See Charcoal. CARDAMOM, or Cardamo- mum, a species of the Amomum, is a native of India, comprising two varieties. 1. The ma; us, or greater cardamom, which, when it arrives in England, is a dried fruit, or pod, about an inch long, and contains two rows of small triangular seeds, of a warm aromatic flavour. 2. The minus, or lesser cardamom, a fruit of an inferior size to that of the preceding variety, but considerably stronger, both in smell and taste. The cardamom is, in this coun- try, only known by its seeds, which are sometimes usefully employed in colds, flatulency, colics, and in laxity and debility of the intestines. Its seeds are said to possess this advantage over those of the pepper species, that notwithstanding their pungency, they do not immode- rately heat or inflame the bowels. Cakdixal Flower. See Wa- ter Gladiole. CARLINE, orCAROLiNETHis- tle. the Carlina, L. a genus of F t 1 plains