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The limestone with which these hills are studded, renders 

 them admirably adapted for the production of the \me^ and 

 as they are free from timber or brushwood, they may at once 

 be brought into a state of cultivation. 



The few trees and shrubs seen on these hills consisted of 

 stunted Eucalypti and Leptosperma^ and a beautiful species 

 o^ Calytrisy or Cypressy of the finest green colour, producing 

 large warted cones. 



' On traversing the beach, I was agreeably surprised at the 

 great degree of fragrance imparted by tv\'o graceful species 

 of Metrosideros then in flower, which exceeded any thing I 

 ever experienced. On the beach I observed a magnificent 

 arborescent species of Rhagodiay twenty feet in height, 

 immense quantities of Gnaphaliuniy two species of Elichrysumj 

 and a beautiful species of an unknown plant. There were 

 no marine productions observed upon the shore. 



From Pelican Point to the entrance of the Moreau, the 

 country is diversified with hills of gentle elevation, and with 

 narrow valleys, magnificently clothed with trees of the 

 richest green. Here the genus Banksia appears in all its 

 grandeur, consisting of three species, of which B. grandis is 

 the most conspicuous. The pn'r-^'^^^^ ^'""^"^ '" 7r»^^A,«/iAc. 



Sakea 



Dryandra^ two species of 



^ria of considerable height, richly clothed with yellow and 

 crimson flowers, associating itself in the most graceful 

 manner with the w^eeping Leptospermum formerly alluded to. 





Zamia 



syngenesious 



The shores are covered with rushes of great height and 

 thickness, concealing many beautiful 



they are occasionally flooded. Here x v.u. 



Cassuarina of Port Jackson, though with a stunted habit. 

 These beds of rushes are probably the rendezvous of the Du- 

 9(^ng, mentioned bv Mons. Peron, but of which we saw none. 



toloniferous species of Goodenia, with which the 



sandy bottom is covered. 



