iiC 



I'l-AX. 



NORFOLK ISLAND. 



Blackburnia Vinnata, G. Forjhr, Flor. Aujlr. lo. or B tele a- 

 P'mnata^ Lin?:. Suppl. 126. J. R. Forjier, Gen. 6. 



Gynopogon Stellatum-, G. ForJlcr, Flor. Ai'.^flr. 19. J. R. ForJler^., 



C"}!. 18. 



Gynop. Alyxia, G. ForJlcr^ ig. 



Bupthalmum Uniflorum., ibid. 91 ». 



An Euphorbia, 90. 



*Tetragonia Halimifolia, Flor. AuJlr. 39. 



Mefembrygantbeiimm Aujlrak, ibid. 90. 



Fbormium "fenaXf 153. Ldnn.SuppL 204. Cooli's Voy. 2d. p. 96,'. 

 tab. 96. - 



These are the only plants which the fparing commnnications 



of our philofophical travellers will permit us to mention. The 



laft is of the greateft importance to the natives, and may hereafter 



become fo to every nation in Europe^ as it produces the belt and 



moft tenacious hemp in the world. I fliall deliver the defcrip- 



tion and hiftory of it, borrowed from vol. iii. p. 39. of Captain 



CooKz Firft Voyage : " There is," fays our great navigator, 



" however, a plant that ferves the inhabitants inftead of hemp 



" and flax, which excels all that are put to the fame purpofes in 



" the world. Of this plant there are two forts ; the leaves of 



" both refemble thofe of flags, but their flowers are fmaller and 



" their cluftcrs more numerous ; in one kind they are yellov.-, 



" and in the other a deep red. Of the leaves of thefe plants, with 



" very little preparation, they make all their common apparel; 



" and of thefe they alfo make their firings,. lines, and cordage 



" for every purpofe, which are fo much flronger than any thing 



" we can make with hemp, that they will not bear a compa- 



" rifoo. 



