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coffee, Paraguay tea, and Guarana, the two latter being in as 

 mueli repute in South America as the true tea is in China, and 

 coffee in Europe and America. ISText to these is an infusion of 

 Catha edulis called Khat, which is extensively used in Arabia 

 as a stimulating drink, but it contains no theine. An account 

 of these will be found under the words Khat, Guarana, 

 and Paraguay Tea. Besides the above special tea plants, 

 many other plants have been used as substitutes for tea, but 

 their use is very local, and in many cases prescribed by herb- 

 doctors as a cure for different complaints; and as Chinese, 

 Japanese, and Indian teas are now becoming abundant and 

 cheap, all substitutes lose favour. The following are a few of 

 the principal of the substitutes • — 



1. American, North (Occmotlius americamis), a shrub of the 

 Buckthorn family (Ehamnaceaa). The plant is known as the 

 ISTew Jersey Tea Shrub, and also as Ptedw^ood. 



2. Gaidtlierici. p^ocimiibens, a low, evergreen, bushy shrub of 

 the Heath family (Ericaceae), a native of Canada, and called 

 Mountain Tea. 



3. Ledum imlustre, an erect, bushy shrub with small leaves, 

 of the Heath family, native of Canada and Labrador, called 

 Labrador Tea. 



4. Monarda didyma, a perennial, with pretty scarlet flowers, 

 of the Mint family (Labiatse), native of the Northern United 

 States and Canada, called Oswego Tea. 



5. Prinos gldbeVj an evergreen, smooth-leaved bushy shrub 

 of the Holly family (Aquifoliaceae), native of Canada, and 

 called Winterberry Tea. 



6. Ilex mmitoria, a shrub, or small evergreen tree of the 

 same family, native of the Southern United States, called 

 South Sea Tea. (^S'^^ Black Drink.) 



7. Olienopodium amdrosiotdes, a perennial of the Chenopo- 

 diace^, native of North America, but long naturalised in 

 Southern Europe, called Mexican Tea ; in Chili it is called 

 Culen. 



8. Australian (Smilax glycypJiylld), an evergreen shrubby 



