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otlierwise arid country diiriiin" t\w. full flowering 

 season , are to l>e ecjiuilli'i! In it Uv frw efmiitries. 

 The ijresent soason was later than usual, from 

 <te eoMnes^ #e -W^iSm OE^Mng for 

 ^ m&m Bdmoj&ed |<eriod of the yeat Imd 

 been experienced' fer many years in IS'ew South 

 Wales. On our arrival tlie tliermonieter was 

 lower than we had experienced it in 4 south 

 k^tude, or when passing the Ca])e dunng the 

 wittto sensed, Biiring tte isKnaSnder of the 

 month of August, the range of the thermometer 

 was min. 45", max. 5S'\ 



Besides tlie BunJma,^' (U* honeysuckles, the 

 Epacris (jrandljioraj witli fte ^legEtnt 



i3m bearing red and Ae other email Hue flowers 



*I FeiKiarked that the wood of a species ofBanksiet, (t be- 

 tttVB d^tia&tf) Tfvliicli was used for fire-wood, was of a beau- 

 tiful retl colour, and when j^ijlit in a loniritiidinal direction 

 tlisjjlaycd a curious interlaced appcanuicc ; it had an astrin- 

 gent taste wlien chewed, staining the saliva oi' a dark reddish 

 colour, and \ think it would be worth tl^ylug if ^ WQtltd 

 be funiisJietl by it. 



t ttie ^^mdkt k Med tfa^ **^^&dhhut^h^ some «f the 



shejjherds in tliu colon}-, who use a decoction of its leaves as 

 a lotion for scabby sheep, and tliey declare it is n cure lor 



tliae {K^aae r 'btit tlunr i^ljufattons of the curaifv&^pF^imies 



ot" tlu' plant is nut borne out hv the experlenre ol" ntherit, 

 who have Ibond it quite useless as a renietly i'or that disease. 



