There is another variety of _Maté_, called _Gongonha_, which is drunk in Brazil, which is prepared from two other species of holly, the _Ilex Gongonha_ and the _Ilex Theezans_. In Chili a tea is made from the leaves of the _Psoralea glandulosa_, and in Central America an infusion of the leaves of the _Capraria bifolia_ is drunk. J. A. [Illustration] [Illustration] CUCA. Where Grown—Sustaining Power of Cuca—Early Mention of it, and Methods of Preparing and Using it—Cowley on Cuca—Its Modern Manufacture and Cost—Its Medicinal Properties—Cocaine and its Dangers. Cuca or Coca (_Erythroxylon Coca_) is now used as a drink, the leaves, hitherto, having been masticated. It has very valuable medicinal qualities, one of the chief being the ability to sustain fatigue by those who use it. It grows in the valleys of the eastern slope of the Andes, in Bolivia, and Peru; wild in many places, but that in use is generally cultivated. It has been known ever since the Conquest of Peru, notices of it being very early; and, considering the length of time this knowledge has obtained, it is marvellous that it is only of very late years that our scientific men have interested themselves in its medicinal properties, and that an infusion of its leaves has not come into common use. [Illustration] The earliest mention to be found of it in English is in a[134] translation (1577) of a book written by Dr. Monades of Seville. “OF THE COCA.