wath : the branches alter- 
ramis alternis, 
nate, 
. fe. vague, or placed in 
vithaneys, (oe | T. The no regular arder, 
F. 1. + rigidiufculis, Trunk, } ftiffith, 
ee “FP Ey 
Se ieutitins. inclining to an afh 
SB | color, 
prope apicem rufe- _ [towards the top 
{centibus. | | » reddifh. | 
raxillares, (F. 1. poi gs paxillary, (F.1. p) 
| alterni, oes : «| alternate, 
folitarii, ipa fingle, 
curvati, curved, 
uniflori, uniflorous, 
Pepuncvrt, | incraffati, (E’. r. 2. Pevuncues |} ineraflate, (F. . de 
(Firep) 7 : : 
eile , F, ee ‘ : 
| 7-) : 7)" 
ftipulati : _ | fupulate : . 
-ftipula folitaria,, : the ftipula fingle, 
| fubulata, ) (F. 1. 2. eo -fubulate, y ied, 
Lereda, J 7-9-4) vlerea. — fiz9-4) 
_ height. Journey through the empire of China. London, 1697, 8vo. p. 228. Du Halde — 
“quotes a Chinefe author, who defcribes the height of different Tea-trees, from one 
to thirty feet. Defcription génerale hiftorique, chronologique, politique, et phy- 
fique de la Chine, Paris, 1755. Fol. 4 Tom. Hiftory of China, London, 1736. 
8vo. Vol. IV. page 22. See alfo Guil. Pifo in Itinere Brafilica. 
But Kempfer, who is chiefly to be depended upon, confines the full growth to 
about a man’s heighth. Amoen. Exot. Lemgov. 1712, 4to. pag. 605. Probably - 
this may be a juft medium ; for Ofbeck fays, that he faw Tea-fhrubs in. flower-pots, 
not above an ell high. Voyage to China, Vol. I: p. 247. See alfo pesdagsi ce ac~ 
count of the Chinefe hufbandry, Vol. II. p. 303. ! 3 
+ When the cae increafe in thicknefs towards cheir extremities. 
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