l68 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



Sanation of the Figures, Plate XIF. 

 Fig. i . Bough of the exocarpos cuprejfifcrm'i>. 

 Fig, i. Bad of a branch loaded with flowers 

 of the natural fize. 



. 3. Genrnen, with its ftyle and ftigma. 

 .4. Fruit of the natural iize. 

 Fig. 5. Fruit cut vertically. An empty fpace 

 b perceptible in the middle of the flefhy pe- 

 duncle. 



Fig. 6. Kernel. 



Fig. 7. Part of the woody fubftance which en- 

 clofcs the kernel. 



The day was far fpent when we arrived on the 

 banks of a rivulet where we took up our quar- 

 fgr the night. I remarked at this fouthcrn 

 extremity of New Holland lcveral fpecics of an- 

 cifinim, analogous to thofe which grow at the 

 ibuthern extremity of America. 



We were furrounded by charming groves, 

 formed in a great meafure by a pretty fpecics of 

 narrow- lea v 77. 



Id had obliged us to kindle a large fire ; 



us had fcarccly begun to give way to 



fleep, when wc heard at a few yards diftance 



the howl of a wild Ixaft : this howl appeared to 



:lar to that of a leopard. It is 



probable that our fire had contributed much 



more 



