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SUBSTITUTES FOR TEA. 
majora. Corolla pentapetala ; petala obovata valde emarginata. Filamenta 
basi manifesto connata. Germen lanatum. 
Obs. Camellia Oleifera differt a C. Japonica praster notas specificas petalis 
emarginatis ; a C. Sasanqua ( Tlrunb .) foliis coriaceis acutis, subtus fere ave- 
niis, et numero majori foliolorum calycis valde sericei. 
Page 181. — Eugenia Microphylla. 
E. foliis obovatis basi attenuates subtus punctatis, racemis terminalibus 
folio longioribus. 
Frutex sesquipedalis a basi ramosus, rami teretes suberecti, ramuli patentes. 
Folia subsemuncialia verticillata, in ramis adultis sparsa, breve petiolata, in 
petiolos attenuata, supra glabra, nitida obsolete venosa, subtus punctata, 
punctis sparsis. Pedunculi terminales, trichotomi, multiflori, sparsim squamosi. 
Baccce pisiformes, purpureae ad basin bracteis duabus squamiformibus instructae, 
monospermae. Colyledones plano-convexas. 
Page 226. — Substitutes for Tea. 
The following passage from Louis Feuillee, respecting the properties of a 
tall shrub, which he has described under the name of Capraria Peruviana, 
the Xuaresia biflora of Ruiz and Pavon, would seem to render it certain that 
the properties of tea are possessed by other plants. 
“ Cet arbrisseau (Capraria Peruviana) ne fut connu dans le Perou qu’en 
1709. Ses qualites, qui sont les memes que celles du The des Indes Orien- 
tales, firent que les Peruvians abandonnerent bientot celui-ci pour ne se 
servir que de celui qu’ils avoient chez eux ; et il etoit deja devenu si com- 
mun lorsque je partis de ce royaume, qu’on ne parloit plus que du The de 
la riviere de Lima.” — Feuill. tom.ii. p. 7 64. 
An infusion of the leaves of the Atherosperma Moschata has been used as 
tea. Mr. Brown, who accompanied Capt. Flinders to Terra Australis, has 
permitted me to state, that whilst engaged in that country on his botanical 
researches, he usually carried with him a supply of tea, as the means of the 
most grateful refreshment. His attendants for a long time drank it with 
delight, but unexpectedly relinquished it for the infusion of the leaves of 
