NEW-JERSEY TEA; a genus of the monogyne order, belonging to the pentandra class of plants. There are three species, of which the most remarkable is the Americanus, a native of most parts of North America, from whence great plenty of the seeds have been imported into Europe. In England, this plant seldom rises more than four or five feet high, sending out branches on every side from the ground upward. They are garnished with oval pointed leaves, having three longitudinal veins running from the footstalk to the point. The leaves are placed opposite, and are of a light green colour. At the extremity of each shoot, the flowers are produced in close thick spikes, which are composed of five small leaves, and are of a clear white; and every shoot is terminated by one of these spikes, so that the whole plant is covered over with flowers. When the autumn proves mild, these shrubs often flower again in October. In warm seasons, the seeds will ripen pretty well in England. But the shrub is best propagated by laying down the young branches, which, in a light soil, will put out roots in a year's time; but they must not be much watered, otherwise they will rot.