. The history of Japan, giving an account of the ancient and present state and government of that empire : of its temples, palaces, castles and other buildings, of its metals, minerals, trees, plants, animals, birds and fishes, of the chronology and succession of the emperors, ecclesiastical and secular, of the original descent, religions, customs, and manufactures of the natives, and of their trade and commerce with the Dutch and Chinese : together with a description of the kingdom of Siam . preparation, and ufes. §«i> WliMMieiMS^ifi Am fcnfiblc, that fome will think it fuperfluoils and ne
. The history of Japan, giving an account of the ancient and present state and government of that empire : of its temples, palaces, castles and other buildings, of its metals, minerals, trees, plants, animals, birds and fishes, of the chronology and succession of the emperors, ecclesiastical and secular, of the original descent, religions, customs, and manufactures of the natives, and of their trade and commerce with the Dutch and Chinese : together with a description of the kingdom of Siam . preparation, and ufes. §«i> WliMMieiMS^ifi Am fcnfiblc, that fome will think it fuperfluoils and needlefs to write the Natural Hiftory of Tea,after that prolix and accurate defcription of thisPlant, which hath been given by Dr. William tenRhyne, my much honoured friend, and worthypredecellbr in the fame ftation in Japan ,• andwhich was publifhd by the learned Dr. Breyniusin the Appendix to his Century of Exotic Plants (printed at Dantzick in1678.) But as that inquifuive Gentleman did not ftay fo long in the Coun-try as myfelf> and befides, leading a much more retired Life, did notmeet with the fame opportunies of enquiring into all the particulars rela-ting to this plant, tis no wonder that he omitted feveral circumftances,which I thought too material not to be communicated to the publick,and therefore, chofe rather to repeat what hath been already faid by him,to add what he hath omitted, and thus at once to give a full and com-pleat account of fo remarkable a Plant. A TSJA,. The Botanicaldefcription oftbil tlanU The AP P END IX to the T S J A. Thea fnit ex folio Cerafi, flore Rofa fyfoeftris, frutfu unicocco, bicocco, & tit plurimum tricocco. TEA. THIS Shrub grows but (lowly, and rifes to a fathoms height, andhigher. It hath a black, woody, irregularly branched root. Therifing ftem foon fpreads into many irregular branches and twigs. Thebark is dry, thin, weak, chefnut-colourd, greyifh on the ftem, and fome-thing inclined to green on the extremities of the twigs. The
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