LATE ALLAN CUNNINGHAM, ESQ. 269 



— " We landed at Sansom's head, and havinir a seaman to 

 assist me, I employed him in digging up a few bulbs of Cri- 

 num angustifolium, (?) which is generally but thinly scattered 

 over the different parts of the island, whilst I ranged over 

 the rocks in pursuit of other botanical subjects. Among 

 others, I gathered seeds and specimens of the following; 

 Acacia plectocarpa, of last voyage; Boerhaavia pubescens, Gre- 

 villea agrifolia, Haloragis sp., allied to IT. racemosa, Daviesia 

 reclinata, Bauhinia microphylla. Euphorbia sp., Sterculia 

 sp., Anthobolus triqueter, a shrubby plant bearing red fruit; 

 Bossicea humifusa, Hoya carnosa (or nivea), a plant abundant 

 among the rocks, appearing to suffer much from the extremes 

 of the dry season, which however threw Flagellaria indica 

 into an abundant flowering condition, as also the venerable 

 Toumefortia argentea, on the north-west beach, whicb was 

 literally covered with flowers and young fruit. A small tree 

 of Pandanus pedunculaiiis had decayed male flowers, consist- 

 ing of clustei's of long pointed anthers, without any floral 

 envleope, either calyx or corolla : this is the first opportunity 

 I have had of seeing this genus in any other state than bear- 

 ing fruit. Several plants, among which were Pimelea puni- 

 cea, Acacia Simsii, Dodoncece and Phyllanthi, that I had 

 gathered when I visited this Island in 1818, were scarcely to 

 be traced at this season ; whilst Grevillea agrifolia furnished 

 me with duplicate seeds. The Metrosideros of Port Keats 

 and Lacrosse Island covers the more elevated parts, without 

 however any signs of fructification. I descended to the 

 opposite sandy shores of the island, where I detected a few 

 more bulbs of Crinum angustifolium, (?) and finding its 

 shores clothed with Casuarina equisetifolia, and Hibiscus tili- 

 aceus, the retreat of a beautiful species of Cimex, I returned 

 by a different route to the boat." 



They afterwards touched at Montague Sound, Capstan 

 Island, and York Sound. Among the plants more particu- 

 larly mentioned or collected there, are Grevillea carduifoliay 

 G. mimosoides, G. heterophylla, Boronia filicifolia, Justicia, 

 sp., Solatium pectinatvm, Toumefortia (a third indigenous 



