APPENDIX. 
SWEET TEA PLANT. 
Smilax? glyciphylla. 
This is a tree or flirub whofe leaves only we have feen, but 
from them we judge it to belong to the genus of Smilax. For 
want of the ftem we cannot fettle its fpecific charader. Thefe 
leaves are about two inches long, ovato-lanceolate, pointed, entire, 
marked with three longitudinal ribs, and many tranfverfe elevated 
veins, fmooth and fhining above, glaucous beneath, with a 
thick cartilaginous edge of the fubftance of the ribs. The leaves 
have the tafte of liquorice root accompanied with bitter. They 
are faid to make a kind of tea, not unpleafant to the tafte, and 
good for the fcurvy. The plant promifes much in the laft re- 
fpe6t, from its bitter as a tonic, as well as the quantity of 
faccharine matter it contains. 
Leaves of this plant are reprefented on the fame plate 
with the Tea Tree. A. is the front, B. the back of a 
leaf. 
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