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pears entirely covered with low trees and flmibs of 
various kinds, and of equal heigh th, as dwarf 
Sweet Bay, (Laurus Borbonia) Olea Americana, Mo- 
ms rubra, Myrica cerifera, Ptelea, fEfculus pavia, 
Quercus Ilex, glandifer, maritima, foliis 
cuneiformibus obfolete trilobis minoribus, pu- 
mila, R ham mis frangula, Halefia diptera, & tetrap- 
tera, CaxTine, Ilex aquifolium, Caliicarpa John- 
fonia, Erythrvna corallodendrum, Hibifcus fpinifex, 
Zanthoxylon, Hopea tinfloria, Sideroxylum, with 
a multitude of other fhrubs, many of which were 
new to me, and fame of them admirably beautiful 
and Angular. One of them particularly engaged my 
notice, which, from its fructification, I took to be 
a fpecies of Cacalia, It is an evergreen fhrub, about 
fix or eight feet high; the leaves are generally 
Iomew 7 hat cuneiform, flefhy, and of a pale whitiili 
green, both furfaces being covered with a hoary 
pubefcence and veficulm, that when prefied feels 
clammy, and emits an agreeable fcent ; the afcend- 
ent branches terminate 'with large tufts or corymbes 
of rofe coloured flowers, of the fame agreeable 
fcent ; thefe clufters of flowers, at a diftance, look 
like a large Carnation or fringed Poppy flower (Syn- 
genefla Polyg. iEqul. Linn.), Cacalia heterophylla, 
foliis cuneiformibus, carnofls, papil. vifcidis. 
Here is alfo another fpecies of the fame genus, 
but it does not grow quite fo large ; the leaves are 
frnaller, of a yet duller green colour, and the flowers 
are of a pale rofe ; they are both valuable e vergreens. 
The trees and fhrubs which cover thefe extenfive 
wilds, are about five or fix feet high, and feem 
to be kept down by the annual firing of the deferts, 
rather than the barrennefs of the foil, as I faw a 
few large Live Oaks, Mulberry trees and Hicco- 
ries. 
