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eiitwiiu'd over tlii' sJinihs in Hu-ir vicinify ; tlic 

 olIitM' «>olil(>ii and fVaoTaut Howcrs oi' t\iv Acacias 

 (of which genus the cttlony possesses a large 

 imxrkte'Of indlgeitous species) gavean &ddtt{aiial. 

 beailty to the otlienvise arid clm^tet of th& 

 \ eii'ctation ; tlie Xi/Iomcltim pyriforme^ or wooden 

 peiir-ti'ee, so calhnl iVoin its exceedingly hard 

 woody fruits, is seen abundant in the vicinity 

 of Sydney, several tre fiftea hsm thirty to 

 thirty-five feet in elevation^ and two feet in cir- 

 CUttiference. A splendid Bignonia overspread 

 the rocks, (leckeil with its pendulous clusters of 

 tinted blossoms ; and two large and parisitical 

 3&^i&Um$9. hi^iaS^ ?idorned the rough 



tanmk 4^ of th^ eiii^ypttts tribe to which it 

 had attacfhed itself for sustenance ; and the dif- 

 ferent s])ecies of^r/v rv'/Av/, Lcjdo.^jH'rmnm, Phfielui, 

 Lambertuiy Croweaf and a number of others, 

 added to the a&iiciraf^ appearance of the soil. 

 On the nort^ Am^ €h« «tirdb@ dnd-plants^ mm 



ill full flower, were more al)undaiit ; tli^l atM 

 soil was In'illiant with the variety of tints ema- 

 nating from them, combining to charm the eye 

 with tlieir beauty, but were destitute of that 

 agreeable ftiigmtt^ ht wMab th^ flowm €rf 

 European climes are so highly esteemed. 



On tlie Lf'pfospcrmirm 1 remarked an hisect, 

 or rather tlie larva of some Coleopterous insect, 



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