J02 POLYAND11IA, 
N a Genera. Growth, 
24 Loosa h 
25 Lemniscia h 
£6 Merrtzelia 
27 Mjrodendrum h 
£8 Sarracenia h 
£9 Kioanea s 
30 Sterbeckia* h 
31 Tiiiaf t 
32 Valeria s 
S3 Aseium h 
34 Eiaaocarpus, drupe s" 
35 Muntingia t 
36 Oehna . t 
5th 
37 Argemone h 
S8 Lagerstrsemia t 
39 Lecythis- s 
40 TheaJ {£*“’} s 
N» of 
■ species. Native of 
1 Peru ' 
1 
1 America 
1 
2 America 
2 Brasils 
1 
2 America 
1 India 
Berries. 
1 
2 India 
1 W. Indies 
2 Africa, India 
Six-petaied. 
3 W. Indies, Armenia 
2 India 
2 America 
2 China 
Species in 
Britain. 
Brit. I 
* Sterbeckia hath three or five petals. 
f An infusion of the blossoms qf the tilia (lime tree) is in much esteem in the 
south of France, for coughs, hoarsenesses, fevers, &c.; it is a very soft, well-fla¬ 
voured, pleasant saccharine juice, in taste much resembling the juice of liquorice. 
(White’s Naturalist's Calendar , 1795 ). Pliny also mentions a papyrus made of 
the hark of the philyra> being the antient name for -tilia* 
t The article tea (thea) hath employed the conjectures of many writers, and yet 
the real plant seems not clearly ascertained, or, at least, how it is managed by the 
cautious Chinese. Linnaeus makes two species, bohea and viridis; the bohea tea 
is described as having six petals, and the green tea nine petals : but it is now said 
that Linnaeus received wrong information, and that it is only one species, which 
Aiton calls thea bohea , which hath six petals, and two varieties, one with broad 
leaves, and the other with narrow leaves ; and it is said that the different flavours 
and colours are owing to the manner and time of gathering the leaves, and mode 
of drying and curing; and some use a mixture of different plants (perhaps the olpa 
jra.gr aris 1 or camellia japonic a, &c.) as may be seen by the different shape of the 
leaves in the tea we buy. In Sir George Staunton’s account of China, it is said 
1 8 , 000.000 pounds of tea are consumed annually in England, Scotland, and Ire® 
land ; above 5,000,000 of which are said to be manufactured in England. 
