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the northern side was now changed into an extensive shrub- 
bery, among which the most conspicuous plants were lieaths 
and proteas of amazing sizes ; one of the latter having a round 
thick leaf with a purple margin, bore a flower that measured 
very nearly ten inches in diameter. Several species of the 
Ixia, of the Iris, of the Morea, and Gladiolus, now in full 
bloom, adorned the sides of the hills, whilst the Cape 80- 
phora, and the Arduina with its jessamine-like smell, per- 
fumed the whole country. 
At the feet of this chain of mountains runs a belt of wood, 
extending with little interruption near two hundred miles in 
length ; and consisting chiefly of a great variety of forest 
trees, many of which are found of a prodigious magnitude. 
Some of the woods of the colony have already been noticed. 
Here I completed my catalogue of such as appeared most 
applicable to common uses, having procured in the whole 
forty-four different sorts. Of these, I could have wished 
to be able to gratify the Botanist with Linna^an names, 
but the little time I had to spare, and the difficulty of pro- 
curing blossoms from tall forest trees, made it impossible. I 
must, therefore, content myself with giving the colonial names 
only of most of them ; and even these may prove of infinite 
service to the future traveller, who may wish to direct his 
attention to the subject. 
