338 TRAVELS IN 
leaf with a purple margin, bore a flower that meafiired very 
nearly ten inches in diameter. Several fpecies of the Ixia, of 
the Iris, of the Morea, and Gladiolus, now in full bloom, 
adorned the fides of the hills, whilft the Cape Sophora, and the 
Arduina with its jeflamine-like fmell, perfumed 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 confifting chiefly of a great variety of forefl; 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 fuch as appeared moft applicable to 
common ufes, having procured in the whole forty-four different 
forts. Of thefe, I could have wifhed to have been able to in- 
dulge the Botanifl: with Linnsean names, but the little time I 
had to fpare, and the difficulty of procuring blolToms from tall 
forefl: trees, made it impoflfible. I muft, therefore, content 
myfelf with giving the colonial names only of moft of them ; 
and even thefe may prove of infinite fervice to the future 
traveller, who may wifli to diredl his attention to the fubje<f!l. 
