7/4 THE FLORA OF NORFOLK ISLAND, 



The following species said to be indigenous were recorded solely 

 In' Professor Tate. He did not visit the Island, and I do not 

 know who collected the specimens referred to. 



Driinys Hoiceana, F.v. M. 



Boronia Barkeriana, F.v.M. 



Eriostemon ambiens, F.v.M. 



Eriostemon Beckleri, F.v.M. 



Bosistoa euodiformis, F.v.M. 



Metrosideros polymor'pha, Gaud. 



Olea paniciilata, R.Br. 



Feperomia leptostachya, Hook, et Arn. 



Malaisia tortuosa, Blanco. 



Sinilax ghjcyphylla^ Sm. 



Pandanus Moorei, F.v.M. (a name only). 



Section ii. 

 Early General Accounts of the Vegetation. 



The following accounts by Captain Cook and Lieut. King refer 

 to the primeval vegetation of the Island, and are interesting for 

 that reason: — 



"We continued to stretch to W.S.W. till the 10th, when at daybreak we 

 discovered land, bearhig S.W., which on a nearer approach we found to be an 

 island of good height and five leagues in circuit. I named it Norfolk Isle, 

 in honor of the noble family of Howard. It is situated in the latitude of 

 29' 2 ' 30" S. and longitude 168' 16' East. 



" We observed many trees and plants common at New Zealand, and, in 

 particular, the flax plant, which is rather more luxuriant here than in any 

 part of that country; but the chief produce is a sort of spruce pine,* which 

 grows in great abundance, and to a large size, many of the trees being as 

 thick, breast high, as two men could fathom, and exceedingly straight and 

 tall. This pine is of a sort between that which grows in New Zealand and 

 that in New Caledonia, the foliage differing something from both; and the 

 wood not so heavy as the former, nor so light and close-grained as the latter. 

 It is a good deal like the Quebec pine. For about two hundred yards from 

 the shore the ground is covered so thick with shrubs and plants as hardly to 

 be penetrated inland. The woods were perfectly clear and free from under- 

 wood, and the soil seemed rich and deep. 



* Araucaria excelsa. 



