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they seemed to be quite peaceably inclined; the 

 weather was very cold^ and at nig-ht the rain set in 

 and continued to fall, almost without intermission, 

 till mornino*. 



The next morning- (May 26th) was very wet and 

 cold ; but after securing- our horses, I ag*ain went 

 out to search for, and examine plants, althoug-h it 

 was too rainy to collect seeds or specimens. On a 

 Casuarina near the swamp, I saw a beautiful ZiO- 

 rantlms with rather small oval leaves, — panicles of 

 flowers, with the tube of the corolla g-reen, and seg-- 

 ments of the limb dark red — of a dwarf bushy habit. 

 This beautiful parasite covered the tree, and was 

 very showy. The afternoon turning- out fine and 

 warm, I collected several specimens and sorts of 

 seeds. In the open g-round g-rew a beautiful tree 

 producing- Inrg-e terminal spikes of yellow flowers, 

 with broad, and slig-htly cordate leaves ; it belong-s 

 to the natural order Bignoniacecs. 



The open g-round between the beach and the 

 swamp varied in width from half a mile to three or 

 four miles ; it was principally covered with long- 

 g*rass, with a belt of bushy land along- the edg-e of 

 the beach ; the bush consisting- principally of Ji!xo- 

 carpus, with dark g-reen oval leaves, near an inch 

 long-; two dwarf species of Fahriciay one with 

 white, the other with pink flowers ; a species of 

 Jasminmiiy with rather larg-e, A^hite, sweet-scented 

 flowers ; and a few acacia trees, with long-, linear, 

 lanceolate phyllodia, and racemose spikes of brig-ht 



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