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seen in greater (but not numerous) numbers on the 

 Kolaina Plains north of the Gascoyne River, Shark Bay 

 district. 



Of the vegetation of the region I have already said 

 something, and now offer a few more brief remarks. In 

 the Champion and Swan River districts trees are not 

 abundant near the coast. In places, or locally, there are 

 more in the interior of the country, though many have 

 been destroyed. All have popular colonial names, and 

 most of them native names, which I collected. There 

 are about fourteen species of eucalyptus, some of which 

 are unknown or at least very scarce at Swan River. Of 

 these the blue-gum, red-gum, white-gum, and " mahogany " 

 [sic] are the commonest, and the native names in order 

 are: co-lort', car-dau', wandow, and ghar-rah-el. There 

 is one palm {Zamia media — native, gherge), the nut of 

 which, called bay-i-o by the blacks, is much sought after 

 by them, as they are very fond of it. This tree is much 

 more abundant in the back country of the Shark Bay 

 district. I do not remember to have seen it south of 

 Swan River, where it is not abundant even in the interior, 

 a hundred miles beyond the outlying settlements. 



The " black-boy " grass-tree {Zanthahast), bal-ga of the 

 natives, I have already described. It flourishes as far 

 north as I have been — that is a good hundred miles beyond 

 the Gascoyne River. The " honeysuckle " of the colonists, 

 mang-joy-te of the natives, a Banksia, flourishes in a wild 

 state throughout the west and in other parts, and is largely 

 cultivated about the stations and houses of the wealthy 

 colonists, who justly esteem it for its delightful odour 

 and appearance. The " beef-tree " is the solitary species 

 of casuarina I saw here, and the " raspberry -jam " and 

 the " black-wattle " are acacias. 



Other noteworthy plants in this district are the native 

 apples (kwe-ou-ni), potato (tu-buc), turnip (kan-no), and 

 yam (wer-rang), generally called the warren-root. Of 

 these the potato is an Orchis ; the natural orders of the 

 others I cannot tell. These, some other roots and fruits, 

 and nuts, form a large part of the ordinary diet of the 



