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The Natural History of the Tea-Tree, with Observations on the Medical Qualities of Tea, and on the Effects of Tea-DrinkingLettsom, John Coakley

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The Natural History of the Tea-Tree, with Observations on the Medical Qualities of Tea, and on the Effects of Tea-Drinking

Name: The Natural History of the Tea-Tree, with Observations on the Medical Qualities of Tea, and on the Effects of Tea-Drinking
Author: Lettsom, John Coakley

Lettsom, John Coakley

Tea

{ PERIANTHIUM
                           {   quinquepartitum,
  K. CALYX,                { _minimum_,
  Fig. 1, 2, 3. 10.        { _planum_,
                           { segmentis _rotundis_,
                           { _obtusis_,
                           { _persistentibus_. (Fig. 1. K.)

                                 { A PERIANTHIUM
                                 {   quinquepartite,
                                 { very small,
        K. The CALYX,            { flat,
        Fig. 1, 2, 3. 10.        { the segments round,
                                 { obtuse,
                                 { permanent. (Fig. 1. K.)


                           { PETALA _sex_,
                           {
                           { _subrotunda_,
                           {
                           { _concava_:
                           { duo exteriora
                           {   (F. 4. 7. C. C.)
                           { minora,
                           { inæqualia,
                           {
  C. COROLLA,              { Nondum expansa:
  F. 1. 3, 4,              {   (F. 3. C.)
  5, 6, 7, 8.              {
                           { quatuor interiora,
                           {   (F. 6. C. C. C. C.
                           {   & F. 5.)
                           { magna,
                           { _æqualia_,
                           { antequam decidunt,
                           {   recurvata. (F. 8.
                           {   C. C.)

                                 { The PETALS six[1],
                                 { subrotund, or
                                 {   roundish.
                                 { concave:
                                 { two exterior,
                                 {   (F. 4. 7. C. C.)
                                 { less,
                                 { unequal,
        C. THE COROLLA           { the flower before
        F. 1. 3, 4,              {   it is fully blown:
        5, 6, 7, 8.              {   (F. 3. C.)
                                 { four interior (F. 6.
                                 {   C. C. C. C. and
                                 {   F. 5.)
                                 { large,
                                 { equal,
                                 { before they fall off,
                                 {   recurvate. (F. 8.
                                 {   C. C.)


                           { f. FILAMENTA _numerosa_,
                           {   (ducenta circiter.)
                           {   (f. a. F. 6. 9.)
                           {   _filiformia,_
  STAMINA,                 {
  F. 6. 9, 10, 11.         { _corolla breviora_.
                           {
                           { a. ANTHERÆ  } (F. 10. 11.
                           {   cordatæ,        } *Lente aucta.)
                           {   biloculares.    }

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