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Show e k e gtt e ett o i e gt n "‘Mmm- A General De/cription o 24. e e e -- . -"‘--- _ ittt e ~ \\ .k:'-- S -i . Ot all the places in China this H in greateft abundance inthe Province of Nanking; n ar to the Ci : and indeed the fame only found ip China, Sians, an inthe Ifland of Japan 5 the Lea es thereof are ver like unto thofe of Sumacky.-an that this is a {ore of Sumack non need to douby however it f; Prings not wild, bu by manuring, is no Tree, nor erb, but a Buf or Shrub, which they Plant upo little Hills three foot alunder and grow as hig asa Rofe-tree: The branches hereof are full of Flowers, and hin Leaves of dark Green colour, which thoug they differ not in thape, yet the fizes;. for upon-one Shrub are are of fevera t leaft of fivefevera] degrees i bignefs ; the firf and biggeft grow upon the lowe moft Sprigs; next to them fo low. thofe of Sh next fize,and are lefler then the fi ft,and fo by degrees grow all the ot er forts. Bu {omuch as thefe Leaves decreafe u ward in bignefs,fo much the more hey increaf in price;fora pound of dryed Lea es of the firf} bignefs is worth g utch Shillings that of thcfccyond,bignefs 1s worth Gu ild ers; tha of the fourth 15,and that of the fift and laft bignefs fifty; yea, fometim ders a_pound if well Prepared Upon the branches grow {mall reen buds, whic produce littleFlowers with Whit Leaves, Yellow within,and in bigne s,fafhion an colour, very like the Flower of Sw et-Briar,but different from it in mell. After tha the Flowersare {hed,there remain a Husk which contains a blackif Seed, which being fowed in the ground,brings fort from whofeLeave 18 gathered cvery year arich Harv ft, and that in fuch Places whe e it Rains an Snows, asit doth in Eunrop 5 {o that it i probable en ugh that there might b Buthes raifed from that feed, i it were fown in fome fhady frui ful Exropean {oyl It 1s full of ] Preading Roots, whic ru the ground, and are goo for nothing ; but the Leavesthe gather every day, and drying th ink Thea, whi inftead of Beer, notonly a Tables, but upon all Vifit and Entercainments; and is more, whofoeve has any thing to difpatch in he Palaces of the Grandee y 1 Prefented as foo as he 1s feated, with a Cup o this Liquor, which is alwaie off hot, according to the fat e ion of the Antient Romans warm then cold water o If at any tume this Liq or proves bitter to the t fte, the mingl |