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species allied to T. hirsutissima, Svv.,) a very rare plant, 

 Loranthus acacioides, Acacia leucophcea, 4- translucens, A^ 

 tetraptera^ A. sericata, A. delihrata^ Amyris sp., same as 

 seen on South Goulburn Island, Cassia sp. scarcely distinct 

 from C.fcetida, Linn., and Tephrosia sp., a large robust tree, 

 frequent among rocky chasms, proved to be Tristania macro- 



phylla. Among other plants found at York Sound, was a 

 species of Callitris crowning the cliffs with its pyramidal pic- 

 turesque form, Myristica insipida, Cryptocarya triplinervis, 

 with the Abroma fastuosa of New South Wales and the 

 Moluccas, bearing flowers on the naked aculeated branches. 

 At this period, a leak in the vessel caused such serious appre- 

 hension, as to render it absolutely imperative to look out for 

 a secure harbour, where the cutter's bottom could be exam- 

 ined, and her defects repaired. A situation was happily 

 found in Port Nelson ; and, in a bay, afterwards called, from 

 the circumstance, Careening Bay, the necessary repairs were 

 accomplished. The refitting the cutter caused a detention 

 at Careening Bay of nearly three weeks, which time was 

 turned to good account by our botanist, who made extensive 

 excursions in the vicinity of the Bay, the results of which 1 

 again extract from his journal. 



" Towards the close of the afternoon, I landed with Captam 

 King, and found that the hills bounding the beach had been 

 recently fired by the natives, whose old temporary huts were 

 standing on the sands. I traced two jiullies that come down 

 to the beach from the hills, and was gratified with the pleas- 

 ing diversity in the botany of the small trees and under- 

 shrubs that shadowed the rocky edges of these water chan- 



- nels. Tiiey were of the following genera : Bauhinia sp. 

 (appears distinct from B. microphylla), Inga sp., Santahm 

 sp., abundantly in flower and fruit, Fitex sp. (allied to V- 

 glabrata), an apparent species of Tristania, of arborescent 

 growth ; while Trichiniiim macrocephahim and Spinifex hir- 

 sutus were very frequent on the sands above the beach. We 

 were fortunate in our discovery of pools of fresh water at the 

 base of one of the gullies, whose grooved appearance fully 



