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base^ slightly curved inwai'ds, and tapering- to a 

 point. The heads of the flowers^ resembling- a 

 pine-apple in shape and size, and of a beautiful 

 crimson colour, are produced on the top of a strong- 

 flower-stem, 18 inches high, and they will retain 

 their shape and colour for a month after being cut. 

 This plant appears to be very local in its habits, as 

 I only caught sight of it by the side of three creeks, 

 and always in moist, shady places. I obtained 

 seeds, and also packed some of its fleshy, tuberous 

 roots in a tin case. 



We saw but few wallabies ; and not one kangaroo 

 or emii had as yet been seen by any of the party. 

 The country was not open enough for them to 

 inhabit. 



July 7 th. — We started at dayhght, proceeding 

 over open forest ground covered with long grass, 

 very thick and luxuriant. TravelHng was rendered 

 still more difiicult by the large logs of dead wood 

 which strewed the ground in every direction, and 

 which much impeded the progress of the carts. 

 We camped by the side of a creek, with a narrow 

 belt of scrub on the south-east side, but apparently 

 a wide extent of it on the other. This creek had a 

 large sandy bed ; with large Castanospermums, Tris- 

 tanias, and Sarcocephali, growing on its banks, 

 which were rather steep. It had a very tortuous 

 course, coming from the south-west and turning east 

 a little below our camp, which was in a bend of the 

 creek. 



