356 FLORA HISTORICA. 



vales, and the more gaudy beauties of Afri- 

 can shores, together with the vivid tints of the 

 flowers of Columba's land, we may safely ex- 

 claim in the words of Waller, 



** No, not the bow, whicli so adorns the skies, 

 So glorious is, or boasts so many dyes." 



