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dron costaiian, a beautiful flowering siirub, Leucopogon rusci- 

 folius, Eriostemon Datiksii, Hemistemma Banksii, Melaleuca 

 angustifolia, Dodoncea pnuUinicefolia. At the back of the sandy 

 ridges bounding the beach are pools of stagnant water, at irre- 

 gular distances, in which I gathered two species of Cyperus, 

 with some Graminecs. * * * Being desirous to examine the 

 sandy barren tracts near the base of Mount Cook, I quitted 

 the vessel at nine, accompanied by a seaman whose help was 

 afforded me by Captain King. In our route over the hills in 

 the immediate vicinity of the anchorage, I collected a quan- 

 tity of the ripe fruit of Grevillca gibbosa, now very abundantly 

 laden with spherical capsules, as also those of Banksia den- 

 tata, containing ripe seeds of this fine tropical species. In 

 the lower vales, grooved with water channels, which at this 

 period we remarked as almost dr}', I gathered a further sup- 

 ply of the berries of Melastoma Batiksii, and was in the fullest 

 hopes of being able to procure some ripe capsules of the 

 Nymphaea^ of this part of the coast. However, I could not 

 discover the least vestige of this beautiful plant, in any of the 

 chain of ponds we minutely examined in our route, where 

 Philydrum lanugmosum seemed most prevalent. We traversed 

 several patches of barren land, with, comparatively speaking, 

 litde success ; gathering however the seeds of Xyris compla- 

 nata, and X. scabra, specimens of Hcemodorwn coccineum, 

 with some few grasses, and fine flowering specimens of Tris- 

 fanea suaveolens, Melalevca suaveolens, Teplirosia sp., ^c. 

 §'c. I had almost despaired of success, in detecting the particu- 

 lar spot where the bulbs of Crinum angustifolium, (?) had been 

 observed last year ; when, after crossing my track in several 

 directions, we discovered a small strip of sand abounding 

 with them, and having a spade vvith us, we dug up as many 

 as we could conveniently carry back to the vessel, finding 

 them in an excellent condition for removal." 



On the 5th of August they took leave of Endeavour River, 

 and anchored the following day at Lizard Island, where Mr 

 Cunningham took advantage of the detention of the vessel, 

 and made such a collection as the island and his limited 



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