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nonia is a beautiful and fragrant shrub. An Echites, 

 which produces its handsome blossoms abundantly in 

 April and May, grows also on the banks of the rivers; 

 it emits a delightful perfume. The beautiful Melas- 

 tomas grow everywhere in open places, and their 

 soft and pulpy fruit furnishes a never-failing supply of 

 food to pigeons of every colour. 



Of climbing-plants, a new and undescribed species 

 of Bauhinia is the most showy, covering the trees in 

 December with its large bunches of gaudy crimson 

 blossoms. The Hoya imperialis is highly beautiful, its 

 large and rich purple flowers being relieved by the 

 white, ivory-like centre ; it is epiphytal. On trees near 

 the river various kinds of beautiful Combretums may 

 be added to these ; and Cyrtandraceae produces species 

 of Lysinotus and ^Eschynanthus, which yield to none 

 in beauty : that which bears the name of the Earl of 

 Auckland, (Lysinotus Aucklandii,) far surpasses any 

 others yet known in the size and richness of colouring 

 of the flowers, which are produced in bunches frequently 

 containing twenty-four corollas ; it is distinguished 

 from others by its undulate and verticillate leaves, and 

 the woody nature of the stems, which render it more a 

 shrub than others of its genus. 



On the mountains are found plants altogether different 

 from these : there the genus Dacrydium, and others 

 of the order Taxacese, resemble the cypresses and firs 

 of our northern clime. Herbaceous plants of great 

 beauty are also found on the exposed and damp rocks, 

 while in mossy places the beautiful golden-leaved 

 Ansectocheilus and a new and more beautiful species 



