BEVERAGE PLANTS 



shape and notched around the edge, and in autumn 

 the branches are prettily studded with red berries 

 about the size of peas. An analysis of the dried 



CASSEIiTA 



(Ilex vomitoria) 



leaves reveals a small percentage (one-quarter of 

 one per cent.) of caffeine, about half the quantity of 

 the same alkaloid that is contained in the leaves of 



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