256 THE BOOK OF FORESTRY 
NEW JERSEY TEA 
A shrub from whose leaves tea was brewed during 
Revolutionary days. The red bark obtained from the 
roots has been used for medicinal purposes and also 
furnishes a dull brown dye. 
NEW JERSEY TEA 
Ceanothus americanus 
Form 
A shrub 1’ to 3’ in height 
LEAVrIS 
Alternate in arrangement; heart- 
shaped, smooth, vems deeply de- 
pressed 
FLOWERS 
Bloom in June and July. Borne in 
small white clusters at the tip of 
naked flower branches. 
Fevir 
A dry three-lobed capsule, dark brown 
RANGE 
Found in dry open woods and pas- 
tures from Maine to Florida and 
Texas. 
