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THE BOOK OF FORESTRY 



ITEW JERSEY TEA 



A shrub from whose leaves tea was brewed during 

 Revolutionary days. The red bark obtained from the 

 roots has been used for medicinal purposes and also 

 furnishes a dull brown dye. 



NEW JERSEY TEA 

 Ceanothus americanus 



FORM 

 A shrub 1' to 3' in height. 



LEAVES 



Alternate in arrangement; heart- 

 shaped, smooth, veins deeply de- 

 pressed. 



FLOWERS 



Bloom in June and July. Borne in 

 small white clusters at the tip of 

 naked flower branches. 



FRUIT 

 A dry three-lobed capsule, dark brown, 



RANGE 



Found in dry open woods and pas- 

 tures from Maine to Florida and 

 Texas. 



