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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

{ A CAPSULE in the form
                                 {   of three globular bodies united,
                                 {   (F. 13.)
                                 {
        P. The PERICARPIUM,      { trilocular, (F. 14.)
        F. 1. 13. 14.            {
                                 { gaping at the top in three
                                 {   directions, (F. 13.)


                           { _solitaria_,
  S. SEMINA,               { _globosa_,
   F. 14.                  { _introrsum angulata_.


                                 { single,
        S. The SEEDS,            { globose,
        F. 14.                   { angular on the inward side.


                           { ramosus,
  T. TRUNCUS,              { lignosus,
  F. 1.                    { teres:
                           { ramis alternis,
                           { vagis,
                           { rigidiusculis,
                           { cinerascentibus,
                           { prope apicem
                           {   rufescentibus.

                                 { ramose,
        T. The TRUNK[4],         { ligneous,
        F. 1.                    { round:
                                 { the branches alternate,
                                 { vague, _or placed in_
                                 {   _no regular order_,
                                 { stiffish,
                                 { inclining to an ash
                                 {   color,
                                 { towards the top
                                 {   reddish.


                           { axillares, (F. 1. p.)
                           { alterni,
                           { solitarii,
                           { curvati,
                           { uniflori,
  PEDUNCULI,               { incrassati, (F. 1, 2. 7.)
  (F. 1. p.)               { stipulati:
                           { stipula solitaria,
                           { subulata,  } (F. 1, 2.
                           { erecta.    }  7. 9. d.)
                           { alterna,
                           { elliptica,
                           { obtuse serrata,
                           {   marginibus interdentes
                           {   recurvatis.

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