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climber of the Sarsaparilla family (Smilacese), native of New 

 South Wales, known as Botany Bay or Sweet Tea. 



9. Le'ptospermum sco;parium, a small hard-wooded tree of 

 the Myitle family (Myrtaceae), native of New Zealand, where 

 it is called the New Zealand Tea Tree. In Australia several 

 species of the Myrtle family, especially of the genera Le;pto- 

 sperimmi and Melaleuca, are known as tea shrubs. 



10. Bourbon {AngrcBGiim fragrans), a small, narrow-leaved, 

 epiphytal orchid, native of Bourbon, highly fragrant, which 

 fragrance is due to the principle called Coumarin. 



11. Brazilian {Stachytarpha Jamaicensis), a tall, single - 

 stemmed biennial, with spikes of blue flowers, of the Verbena 

 family (Verbenaceas), native of the "West Indies and many 

 parts of tropical America. In Brazil it is held in high repu.te 

 for its medicinal virtues, and is said to be imported into Austria 

 as Brazilian Tea. 



12 Cape. — The leaves of Cycloioia genistoides, and other 

 allied species, are said to be used at the Cape of Good Hope as 

 tea. One kind is known by the name of Bush Tea 



13. Malayan (Leiotospeoimim [Glaphi/na] nihda), a shrub of 

 the Myrtle family (Myrtaceas), native of the Malayan Islands, 

 where it is called the Tree of Long Life, and in Sumatra it is 

 used as a tea, called Bencoolen Tea. 



14 "West Indian {Capxtria lifiord), a shrub of the Figwort 

 family (Scrophulariace^), said to be a native of North America, 

 but has become naturalised in the West Indies, and is called 

 West Indian Tea ; it is also known as Goat- weed. 



In political history tea has claim to fame. In 176*7 a tax 

 having been imposed on tea imported into the British Colonies 

 of North America, led to war and the ultimate separation from 

 the mother country of the Colonies, now the United States. 



Tea Tree. {See Box Thorn ) 



Teak Tree, African {Oldfieldia africana), a large tree of 

 the Spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), native of Sierra Leone, with 

 digitate leaves and a dry, three-valved, capsular fruit. The 

 wood was introduced in 1819 for shipbuilding purposes, but 



