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Geographical Distribution: — Minas Geraes province of Brazil. 



Common Name: — Congonha. 



Ilex dumosa Reiss. 



Geographical Distribution: — Minas Geraes province of Brazil. 

 Uruguay. Paraguay. 



Common Name: — Congonha minda In Brazil and Caa-Chiri in 

 Paraguay. 



Ilex glazioviana Loesener 



Geographical Distribution: — Rio de Janeiro province of Brazil. 



Common Name: — Congonhinha. 



Ilex paltorioides Reiss. 



Geographical Distribution: — Minas Geraes province of Brazil. 



Common Name: — Congonhinha. 



Ilex paraffuariensis St.Hil. 



This species is the source plant of most of the Mate or Paraguay 

 Tea, which Is a rival of coffee in Uruguay and some other regions 

 of the interior of South America. The use of Mate and Herva (a 

 Mate product) has spread into certain regions of the United States. 

 Beverages under the terms Mate and Herva, which are described as 

 exhilarating beverages, are sold (1922) by 'The Mate Industries, 

 Inc.,' at 571-573 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachu- 

 setts. 



Geographical Distribution: — Minas Geraes, Sao Paulo, Parana, 

 Santa Catharina, and Rio Grande do Sul provinces of Brazil. Co- 

 rrlentes province of Argentina. It also occurs throughout Paraguay. 



Common Name: — Mate, Matte, Herva Mate, Congonha, Herva 

 de Congonha, and Congonhas In Brazil. Yerba Mate, Congonhl, 

 Congolnfe In Argentina. Caaguagua In Paraguay. 



This plant is called Brazilian Holly by the English-speaking popu- 

 lation of South America; and the beverage is referred to as Brazilian 

 Tea, Mate, Paraguay Tea, Jesuit's Tea, and St. Bartholomew's 

 Tea. 



In the Argentine alone more than 140,000,000 lbs. per annum, or 

 about twenty pounds per capita. Is used. All of this amount except 

 about 3,000,000 lbs. is Imported from Brazil and Paraguay. 



Ilex Pseudothea Reiss. 



Geographical Distribution: — Minas Geraes province of Brazil. 



Ilex symplociformis Reiss. 



