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Kcimcchja , Bamhnsa (bamboo), Smilax, Cissus, 

 Mitcuna, and various climbing- plants unknown to 

 me : the trees consisted principally of Eugenia, 

 Anacardivm, Castanospermum (Moreton Ba}- chest- 

 nut), a fine species of Sarcocephalus, and a larg-e 

 spreading tree belong-ing- to the natural order Mvta- 

 ccee, with ternate leaves, and axillary panicles of A^hite 

 flowers, about the size of those of Boronia pinnaia. 

 At the edg-e of the rocks Avere some fine tree ferns 

 ( Dicksonia ) ,vci\h.ihe genevQ. Xiphopterls, and Poty- 

 jwdium ; also some beautiful epiphytal Orcliidecv, 

 among- others a beautifiil DendroKiim (rock lily), 

 AA'ith the habit of D. speciosum, but of strong-er 

 g-rowth, bearing- long- spikes of brig-ht yellow flowers, 

 the sepals spotted wdth rich purple. I found also 

 another species with smaller leaves, and more slender 

 habit, -nith spikes of dull g-reen flowers, the column 

 and tips of the sepals purple : and a very fine 

 Oymbidiiim, much larger than C. suave, with bro\vn 

 blossoms, having a yellow column. 



I proceeded along- the edge of a mangrove swamp 

 for a short distance, and entered a fresh water swamp 

 about a mile from the beach, covered with Acr}' thick 

 scrub, composed of large trees of the genus Mehi- 

 leuca, running- for the most part fi-om forty to fifty 

 feet high. Here also I first found a strong-growing 

 climbing palm (Calamus Aiistralis), thromng up a 

 number of shoots from its roots, many of them 100 

 feet long, aud about the thickness of a man's finger, 

 with long pinnatifid leaves, covered with sharp 



