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Ruhus ar5lkus^ Sp. PI. 708. Ar<5tic Bramble. 

 Veronica officinalis^ Sp. PI. 14. Male Speedwell. 

 VeronicaChamadry3^^j^^\, 17. Wild Germander. 

 Cbenopodium Amhrofioides ^ Sp. PI. 320. Mexican 

 fweet Elite. 



Capraria bijlora^ Sp. PL 875. Sweet- weed or 

 Goat- weed. 



To this part of our author's treatife may be ad- 

 ded the well-known fophiftication of Tea prac- 

 tifed by the fmugglers, in fome of the fouthern 

 parts of .this kingdom, who hav4^ reduced to- a 

 reguJar procefs the management of the leaves of 

 the AJh and Elder particularly ; which, when pre- 

 pared, is called Smou€b, and mix^d, as is faid, in 

 the proportion of one third, with the ordinary 

 l^eas. To what an extent the trade in this fophifti- 

 cated Tea had been carried, to the detriment of 

 the trees, may be imagined, when the reader is 

 informed, that an adb of parliament has lately been 

 obtained to prohibit it, under very fevere penal- 

 ties. But to return to our author. 



He next confiders the fenfible qualities of Teay 

 its fragrant odour, and ftypiic tafte and from 

 *its place in the Syftem, botanically confidered, 

 with refped: to the natural orders^ he thinks it 

 highly probable, that what Kampfer relates of its 

 narcotic quality, when green, is confonant to truth. 

 And, from fimilar inftances, he proves that this 

 quality may readily be thrown off by that degree 

 of heat which the fudden exficcation of the leaves 

 require. 



In difcufling the virtues of Tea, he obferves, that 

 the Chinefe recommend the ufe of it in all lethargic 



A a 3 difeafes. 



