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a
tonic.
Kola
is
said
to
be
a
cure
for
drunkenness,
and
to
sober
an
inebriate
in
an
hour
s
time
;
but
woe
be
to
him
if
he
returns
to
his
evil
courses
for
three
or
four
days
—
^his
punishment
will
be
equal
to
sea-sick-
ness.
There
is
a
new
product,
about
which,
at
present,
very
little
is
known
in
Europe,
This
is
the
Cattia
edulis,
which
is
said
to
be
similar
in
its
properties
to
Mat6,
Cuca,
and
Kola,
in
maintaining
animal
strength
for
a
time,
in
the
absence
of
food.
It
has
been
used
by
the
natives
of
Arabia
and
Abyssinia
for
centuries.
The
plant
is
a
shrub
with
lanceolate
leaves
of
an
olive-
green
colour,
and
it
flourishes
in
Africa
between
15**
N.
and
30°
S.
latitude,
but
it
is
chiefly
cultivated
in
Arabia,
especially
in
the
province
of
Yemen.
From
Aden
it
is
exported
to
the
north-east
of
Africa,
and
the
coasts
of
Somali
land.
The
leaves are
either
chewed
or
infused
like
tea,
and
their
sustaining
vir-
tues
have
recently
been
tested
by
M.
Leloups,
a
French
therapeutist.
He
employed
not
only
the
infusion,
but
the
tincture,
and
an
extract
of
the
leaves,
finding
them
all
to
produce
wakefulness
and
banish
fatigue.
No
definite
alkaloid
has
yet
been
obtained
from
the
leaves.
In
conclusion
I
may
give
the
following
list
of
substi-
tutes
for
Chinese
Tea
and
Mate.
Popular
Name.
Where
collected
and
used.
Name
of
Plant.
Arabian
Tea.
Arabia.
j
Cattia
edulis.
Abyssinia.
t
Cattia
Spinosa.
Unnamed.
China.
Sageretia
theezans.
New
Jersey
Tea.
N.
America.
CeanothusAmericanus.
trnnamed.
Chili.
Psoralea
glandulosa.