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botany, a genus of the natural order Rhamnaceae, containing about forty species of shrubs or small trees, natives of North America . They are very attractive from their dense panicles of white or blue flowers, and several species are CEARA 591 known as garden plants . The leaves of one of these, C. americanus, New Jersey tea, or red-root, are used instead of the true tea; the root, which contains a red colouring matter, has long been employed by the Indians as a febrifuge .