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it ; it forms a small tree of irregular growth, is very abun- 

 dant, and at this season in flower and young fruit. Banksia 

 marcescens, B. attenuata, Dryandra armata, and D. nivea, I 

 observed in these exposed sterile spots. Of the Proteacece, I 

 also gathered specimens of the following well-known genera, 

 Petrophila rigida, and a shrub of stiff habit which I suspect 

 is Mr Brown's Isopogon attenuatus, Adenanthos cuneata, Lab., 

 a large silky shrub near the shore, also Hakea oleifolia, and 

 H, linearis. In peaty humid situations on the hills, Frank- 

 landia fiicifolia, Persoonia microcarpa^ and Conospermum 

 teretifolium, afforded me some fine specimens, as did Dasy- 

 pogon brome/iifolius, a suffruticose plant with a globular 

 head of flowers, and rough harsh gramineous foliage. A 

 leguminous plant, perhaps Callistachys lanceolata of Dr 

 Smith, at this period in flower and fruit, decorates the brush 

 on the sands of the immediate beach ; Jacksonia spinosa was 

 also in flower. Other specimens that I gathered in this 

 walk were the following, Leptospermum longifolium? a small 

 tree 12 — 14 feet high, with pendulous branches. On the 

 immediate shores, Hibbertia perfoliata, in humid peaty 

 places near the watering place, Bceckia speciosa^ a beautiful 

 delicate plant abundant in a rather damp peaty sand, Epacris 

 {Lysinema^ sp.) with large white flowers and attenuated 

 leaves in similar situations; and a sp. of Tremandra, whose 

 purple flowers were particularly conspicuous among grass 

 and herbage near our well. Anigozanthus Jlavida is of most 

 luxuriant growth in the deeper peaty spots, when the over- 

 hanging branches of Banksia attemiata protect it from the 

 more immediate rays of the sun. The stunted timber of the 

 hills are of the Eucalypti, of which I have not seen any flow- 

 ering specimens. I afterwards accompanied Lieutenant 

 King to an island in the harbour (the Garden island of Cap- 

 tain Vancouver) ; we could discover no traces of any vege- 

 tables that might have been produced from the seeds sown 

 by the surgeon and botanist of his vessel, Mr Menzies, who 

 made a fine botanical collection at this place. The island 

 in many parts abounds with rats, which might have long since 



