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POPULxVR ECONOMIC BOTANY. 



In Bencoleen the Malays use the leaves of a plant be- 

 longing to the Natural Order Myrtacea, named GlapJiT/ria 

 nitida, which they call Kayo Umur Panjang/* or the Tree 

 of Long Life. 



In Japan leaves of Hydrangea Thunhergii (Nat. Ord. 

 HydraMgeaceoi) are dried and used as tea, which is so highly 

 valued that the Japanese call it Ama-tsja, or the Tea of 

 Heaven. 



In Austria, a substitute for tea is sold under the name 

 " Brazilian Tea/"* and the genuine article is often much adul- 

 terated with the same material ; it consists of the prepared 

 leaves of StacliytaT];iJieta Jamaicensis (INTat. Ord. Verhena- 

 cea). Another plant of this Natural Order is highly es- 

 teemed by the Brazilians as a tea-plant ; they style it Capitao 

 do Matto j it is the Lantana pseudo-tJiea, and, from its agree- 

 able aromatic qualities, is perhaps the best of all the substi- 

 tutes above mentioned. 



The leaves of Ledum latifolium, . called by the natives 

 Wischecumpuoware and Wiserpukki, are used in North 

 America under the name of Labrador Tea; and the "Moan- 

 tain Tea^^ of the same country is the dried leaves of the 

 beautiful little partridge-berry ( GauUheria procumhens) ; 

 both these plants belong to the Natural Order Mricacece, 



