NORTH AMERICA, 
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merits ; the furfac^ of the leaves, and of the whole 
plant, is fmooth and polifhed. Another fipecies 
of hlbilc is, worthy of particular notice, is like- 
wife a tall flou' ilhing plants feveral ftrong items 
arife from a root, five, fix, and feven feet high, 
embellilhed with ovate lanciolate leaves, covered 
with a fine down on their nether furfaces : the 
flowers are very large, and of a deep incarnate co- 
lour. 
The laft we fliall now mention fee ms nearly al- 
lied to the alcea ; the flowers are a fize lefs than 
the hibifcus, and of a fine damafk rofe colour, and 
are produced in great profufion on the tall pyra- 
midal items. 
The lobelia cardinalis grows in great plenty here, 
and has a moft fpkndid appearance amidft extenfive 
meadows of the golden corymbous jacobea (fenecio 
jacobea) and odorous pancratium. 
Having finifhed my tour on this princely lfiand, 
I prepared for repofe. A calm evening had fuc- 
ceeded the ftormy day. The late tumultuous winds 
had now ceafed, the face of the lake had become 
placid, and the dries ferene ; the balmy winds 
breathed the animating odours of the groves around 
me 5 and as I reclined on the elevated banks of the 
lake, at the foot of a live oak, I enjoyed the prof- 
pefit of its wide waters, its fringed coafis, and the 
diftant horizon. 
The fquadrons of aquatic fowls, emerging out 
of the water, and hailening to their leafy coverts on 
fhore, clofed the varied fcenes of the pail day. I 
was lulled afieep by the mixed founds of the wearied 
H. 4 furf. 
