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and the fuccefs confirmed the propriety of his 

 method. 



Tea is now known to be the leaves of a pTant 

 of the monogy nous order ^ belonging to the polyandrous 

 clafs ; the flower of which is fucceeded by a trkoc- 

 cous Capfule. The writer defcribes the Ihrub at 

 large, gives all the fynonyms, and mentions thofe 

 authors who have given figures of it : among thefe, 

 K^mpfer\ is the only exa6b one. It was long be- 

 lieved that there was but one fpecies- ^ but the 

 Green Tea> is nowfaid to be the produce af another, 

 which differs from the Bohea^ in having nine pe- 

 tals in the flower, whereas the Bohea hath but 

 fix. It is not known to grow fpontaneoufly elfe- 

 wherc than in Japan and China, in which latter 

 kingdom it is cultivated in all the provinces from 

 Cam on to Pekin. 



Mr. Tiliey delivers the mode of preparing the 

 leaves, of which we have a difufe and mofli exad: 

 account by K^mpfery who^ having refided two 

 years in Japan, was enabled to give the mofl: com- 

 plete information. The origin of the ufe of Tea 

 in thofe cofcintries is too remote to be afcertained, 

 and commerce has now extended its ufe to almoft 

 every corner of the globe. The high price of Tea, 

 at its firft introdud:ion, induced many phyficians 

 to think of a fubftitute; and it is well known that 

 Simon Fault thought the MyrkaGale, Sp.Pl. p, i453r 

 to be the flirub itfelf. Other fuccedanea are men- 

 tioned alfo by our author 5 luch as the leaves 

 of the 



Prunus fpinofa, Sp. PI. 681. Sloe Tree. 

 Origanum vulgare^ Sp. Pi. 824, Wild Marjorum. 



Rubu^ 



