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been made on the botany of this beautiful isolated spot, until 
that able naturalist and draughtsman, Ferdinand Bauer, 
visited it, about the year 1804; and who, doubtless, during 
his stay, collected every plant of its small but interesting 
flora; which, exclusive of a few mosses and lichens, compre- 
hend something more than one hundred distinct species, 
belonging to full half that number of natural orders. Of 
these, ten furnish timbers that might be usefully employed 
in carpentry, boat building, and even in cabinet work, viz :— 
Arancaria excelsa, Eleodendron australe ? (E. curtipendulum, 
Endl), Blackburnia pinnata, Hibiscus Patersonii (Lagunaria 
Patersonü, G. Don), Olka apetala, Croton sanguifluum, 
A. Cunn. MSS. (Baloghia lucida, Endl.), Kleinhofia ? elliptica, 
A. Cunn. MSS. (Ungeria floribunda, Schott and End), Pen- 
nantia corymbosa, Mimusops laurina, A. Cunn. MSS. (Achras 
costata Endl.), Coprosma villosa, A. Cunn. MSS. (C. pilosa, 
bj" 
Mr. Cunningham having expressed a desire to Colonel 
Morriset to visit Phillip Island, that officer very . kindly 
made such preparations as were necessary, for sending our 
botanist to this small islet, the result of which had nearly 
proved of a most disastrous and fatal nature, but which will 
be much more interestingly described in Mr. Cunningham’s 
own words: 
“ Immediately after the government vessel that had con- 
veyed me to Norfolk Island, had been dispatched on her 
return voyage to Port Jackson, the weather set in and con- 
_ tinued so tempestuous, and the surf on the bar was so consi- 
. derable, that several weeks elapsed before a safe and favoura- 
ble Opportunity was afforded me to land on Phillip Island, to 
. fXamine its vegetation, which it was the opinion of my 
- friends at the settlement, I should find to differ somewhat 
from the plants of Norfolk Island. 'This opportunity occurred 
onthe 17th of June. It was a fine serene morning, with a 
light air from the north-west; and as the surf on the reef 
was exceedingly moderate, the commandant (on all occasions 
desirous of meeting my utmost wishes), ordered the large 
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