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est hill above the anchorage in a northerly direction, I de- 

 scended upon the eastern shore of Oyster harbour, and in 

 passing through a shaded forest land, I was furnished by rea- 

 son of the shade, with a pleasing change in the vegetation, 

 viz., Daviesia cordata, sind I}, juncea, Chorizema herberi- 

 folia, Bossicea linophylla, Logania longifolia, GompTiolohi- 

 um heterophyllum, G. capitatum, and two species of Ken- 

 nedya. In these shaded situations Anigozanthus flavida and 

 Hcemodorum spicatmn were of very strong growth, with Vi- 

 minaria denudafa, Lasiopetalum purpureum, which grows 

 in large brushes, afforded me ripe seed ; but I was not success- 

 ful in procuring fruit of Hakea amplexicaulis, frequent in 

 these situations. — December 26th. In this day's walk I gath- 

 ered the following — Dryandra llechnifolia, with liowever 

 only decayed fructifications, whilst others of this natural family 

 afforded me perfect specimens, Synaphea dilitata, Isopo- 

 gon teretifolius, Anadenia pulchella, and JDryandra plumosa, 

 also Astroloma pallidum, Lysinema conspiciium, Leucopo- 

 gon verticillatus, a tall shrub, bearing white fruit, and L. 

 carinatus, Grevillea sp., a weak sub-procumbent shrub allied 

 to but scarcely G. occidentalis, Anadenia trifida, Casuarina 

 sp., a shrub of low stature bearing fruit. Of the natural 

 family Asphodelea;, Ccesia corymhosa afforded me seed and 

 flowering specimens, as did also Tricoryne fenella, with an 

 Arthropodium, apparently in no wise distinct from A, finibri- 

 atum. Seemingly of the related family of IfelcmthacecE, and 

 allied to Burchardia of Port Jackson, in the capsule and 

 testa of the seed, I detected a plant bearing ripe fruit. A 

 showy Gornpholohium, with linear ternate leaves and numer- 

 ous ascending stems decorates these woods with its unpropor- 

 tionately large flowers, and is frequent with another plant 

 that may probably be Burtonia^ R. Br. The large white 

 flowers of Sccevola striata bespangled the arid brushy decli- 

 vities of the hills, and with a smaller species, S. pedunculatay 

 furnished me with specimens. Thickets of Logania longifo- 

 lia were in flower and young fruit, under whose shade grew 

 its congener L. eerpyllifolia. Passing through matted 

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