GRAINS OF PARADISE, hot, acrid, aromatic seeds, produced on the coast of Guinea, and supposed to be derived from two distinct species of plants, viz., the Amomum Grana-paradisi of Linnaeus, and the A. Meleguetta of Roscoe; perhaps also from others. They are of a glossy dark brown colour, are longer and rounder than the seeds of the true cardamom, and have a slight flavour of camphor. These seeds are much esteemed as a spice among the Africans, but are chiefly employed to give a fictitious strength to beer and spirits. (Archer's Economic Botany.)