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TEA DISTEICTS OF CHINA. 



Chap. XV. 



On referring to these memoranda, I find the 

 following species enumerated : — the camphor-tree 

 (Laurus camphor a), various species of bamboo, the 

 Chinese pine (Pinus sinensis), Cunninghamia lanceo- 

 lata, the tallow-tree, Vitex trifoliata, Buddha Bind- 

 ley ana, Abelia uniflora, a spiraea like Spircea hella, 

 Hamamelis chinemis, Eurya chinensis, Macartney 

 and other wild roses, brambles and raspberries, Eu- 

 genias, Guavas and other myrtaceous plants of a like 

 kind, Gardenia florida and G. radicans, and various 

 species of violets, Lycopods, and ferns. There were, 

 of course, many other genera besides these, but 

 enough have been mentioned to give a fair idea of 

 the vegetation of these wonderful hills. 



I have already given some account of the geo- 

 logical features of the Woo-e hills. As it is not 

 unlikely that the success which has attended the culti- 

 vation of tea in this part of China may be traced to 

 have had some connection with the peculiar formation 

 and properties of these rocks, I may be excused if I 

 repeat here what I have before said about them. 



The rocks consist of clay-slate, in which occur em- 

 bedded in the form of beds or dykes great masses of 

 quartz rock, while granite of a deep black colour, 

 owing to the mica, which is of a fine deep bluish 

 black, cuts through them in all directions. This 

 granite forms the summit of most of the principal 

 mountains in this part of the country. 



Resting on the clay-slate are sandstone conglome- 

 rates, formed principally of angular masses of quartz, 

 held together by a calcareous basis, and alternating 



