SUBSTITUTES IN USE FOR TEA. 



those of the Coca in South America, being highly intoxi- 

 cating in effect, particularly in the wild state. 



Saxifraga or "Siberian tea," produced from a 

 decoction of the leaves of that plant, but used only as a 

 beverage in the same manner as those of China tea. 



Epilobium or " Russian tea," is prepared from the 

 dried leaves of the common willow, and are also exten- 

 sively used for mixing with the regular teas of commerce, 

 commanding as high as four roubles a pound in the dried 

 state, for that purpose; being also in common use among 

 the poorer classes of that country as a substitute for 

 China tea. 



Buxifolium or " Labrador tea," is made from an 

 infusion of the leaves of that plant, and used extensively 

 as a beverage by the natives of that country and adjoining 

 provinces. 



Appalachian or " Pennsylvania tea," is prepared 

 from an infusion of the Punos plant found growing in a 

 wild state on the Allegheny mountains, and used as a bev- 

 erage as well as for the purpose of imparting heat ; and 

 while very closely resembling the tea-plant of China in its 

 structural character, of its merits or drinking qualities as 

 a tea nothing definite has as yet been ascertained. 



Ceanothus or " New Jersey tea," known to the Indians 

 as " pong-pong," is prepared from the leaves of Red-root, 

 and was at one time in general use and very popular among 

 the natives of Virginia and the Carolinas, and was also 

 extensively used in Revolutionary times as a. substitute 

 for China tea when refusal was made to pay the tax upon 

 the latter. 



Chimonanthus or " English tea," recently obtained 

 from the leaves of that plant, and used as a substitute for 

 China tea, as well as for mixing with it. Originally a 

 native of China and Japan, it has been acclimatized in that 



