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or f aived infuc'h a manner as to make 

 the ozitjianding earners obtufe. 'The 

 footftalks are Jhorty round below r , and 

 gibbofe. It has no flipulce. Linn. 

 fyft. nat. torn. if. p. $6$* 



Si viridity with nine petals, Linn. The 

 variety of tea which is called green 

 tea with nine petals, is enumerated 

 by Dr. Linnaus only upon the au- 

 thority of Dr. Hill's Exotics, tab. 

 22. but it is quite incredible that 

 green tea hhould be a ihrub fo dif- 

 ferent from the bohca tea, that it 

 fhould differ in the petals : of which 

 the latter fpecies, according xajfyempf 

 her, Amcen. p. 6i i, has fix, which he 

 himfelf few in Japan : and what is 

 more remarkable, Kamphcr fays the 

 green colour of tea depends only 

 upon the manner and care taken of 

 it in drying. For fome roaft the 

 leaves in a large iron pan two or 

 three times only, which fudden 

 roafting makes them brown, and 

 tinges the infufion with the fame co- 

 lour ; but on the other hand others 

 preferve that vivid green in the 

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