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manufacture, shoe-maker's wax, etc. The fibres of the wax-freed 

 leaves are made Into sombreros, roofs, baskets, brooms, and mattings. 

 Parts are used in medicine; and the trunk yields an alcoholic drink 

 possessing a pleasant flavor. The fruit is edible, the upper part of 

 young stems is eaten as food; and the slender branches serve as 

 cattle forage. The root yields a starch which is prepared as a flour. 



Geographical Distribution: — American tropics. Chiefly in the 

 Pernambuco, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, and Bahia provinces of 

 Brazil. 



Ilex species (South American Group) 



Aquifoliaceae Leaf 0.27 to 2.0% 



The following South American species of the genus Ilex are the 

 source plants of Paraguay Tea or Mate. The average caffeine-con- 

 tent of the leaves is 1.2%. 



Ilex affinis Gardn. 



Geographical Distribution: — Bahia, Minas Geraes, Goyaz, Matto 

 Grosso, and Sao Paulo provinces of Brazil. 



Common Name: — Congonha, Congonha do campo. 



Ilex amara (Veil.) Loesener 



Geographical Distribution : — Bahia, Espiritu Santo, Rio de Jan- 

 eiro, Minas Geraes, Sao Paulo, Santa Catharina, and Rio Grande do 

 Sul provinces of Brazil. Corrientes province of Argentina. 



Common Name: — Cauna, Caurina, Congonha, Congonhinha, and 

 Caachiri in Brazil. 



Ilex chamae dry folia Reiss. 



Geographical Distribution : — Minas Geraes and Goyaz provinces 

 of Brazil. 



Common Name: — Congonhinha, Congonha do campo, and Con- 

 gonha minda. 



Ilex conocorpa Reiss. 



Geographical Distribution: — Rio de Janeiro and Minas Geraes 

 provinces of Brazil. 



Common Name : — Congonha, Catuaba do mato. 



Ilex Cuyabensis Reiss. 



Geographical Distribution: — Matto Grosso province of Brazil. 



Common Name: — Congonha. 



Ilex diuretica Mart, ex Reiss. 



