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properly dried and prepared, it is aromatic and not unpleasant, 
. certainly a good substitute for indifferent black tea.” A 
very fragrant drink was also prepared from the Spice-Bush (Li- 
dera Benzoin Blume), as well as from Wintergreen (Gauitheria pro- 
cumbens) and Sweet Fern (Myrica asplenifolia). Much less accept- 
able must have been the infusion from Marsh Tea (Ledum palustre 
L.) and Labrador Tea (ZL. Groenlandicum Oeder) which, but speci- 
ally the first, contain an acrid aromatic oil. According to Pursh 
and more recent observers, the dried leaves and flowers of the 
Sweet Goldenrod (Solidago odora Ait.) are a pleasant and whole- 
some substitute for tea. 
While in western Texas, I became farniliar with the Encenilla 
or Chaparral Tea (Croton corymbulosus Engelm.) quite abundant 
in that region. An infusion of the flowering tops makes a very 
palatable drink much used by Mexicans and Indians, as well as 
by our colored U. S. soldiers who prefer it to coffee. It appears 
to be entirely devoid of theine or any other stimulating principle 
except volatile oils. Other plants similarly used and valued in the 
same country and northern Mexico are Bidens Bigelovit Gray, 
Salvia ballotaefora Benth., Hedeoma Drummundit Benth. and Acti- 
nella odorata Gray. 
New Species of Leguminous Pods from the Yellow Gravel at 
Bridgeton, N. J. 
By ARTHUR HOLLICK. 
(Plates 258, 259.) 
In a paper read before the Club some years since, and subse- 
quently published in the ButieTin, * I mentioned the occurrence, 
in great abundance, of leguminous pods, in the Yellow Gravel | 
sandstone at Bridgeton, N. J., with which were associated leaves 
of common eastern North American trees and shrubs, such as 
Magnolia acuminata L., Asimina triloba (L.) Don., Persea Borbonia 
(L.) Spreng. etc. In the final identification of the material these 
pods remained as incongruous elements, apparently representing 3 
* Palaeobotany of the Yellow Gravel at Bridgeton, N. a cepa Torr. tie . Chub, o 
19? 330-333. 
