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Memoranda of an Excursion 
among the short tufty grass, I detected a pretty little 
Ophioglossum, which apparently differed from those 
already noticed by A. Cunningham. Here, too, I first 
gathered that very graceful fern, Lomaria linearis (n. 
spW.C.), which grew rather abundantly in one spot 
in these grassy dells. On the dry and barren summit 
of a high hill, I procured a peculiar little ccespitose 
Composites; and secured for examination a specimen of 
Leptospcrmum , which appeared to be new. In this neigh¬ 
bourhood I discovered a new and very distinct species 
of Coriaria; an elegant procumbent plant, with undu¬ 
lated and sub-membranaceous ovate-accuminate leaves. 
It seldom rises above two feet in height, and is mostly 
found quite prostrate, and very abundant; disputing the 
possession of the soil with those very common occu¬ 
piers, Eteris esculenta and Leptospcrmum Scoparium . 
Among the fern it has a strikingly peculiar appearance; 
and, at first sight, might almost be taken for a gigantic 
foliaceous Lichen overspreading the surface of the 
ground. I did myself the pleasure of naming this 
species C. Kingiana , in liononr of my much respected 
friend, Captain P. P. King, K.N.; and was fortunate 
enough in procuring good specimens in flower and fruit. 
At Ilopekoko, a small stream (where we rested awhile 
to dine on roasted potatoes), the bed of which, at the 
ford, was one flat block of sand-stone, 1 procured spe¬ 
cimens of a little Restiaceous plant, and a Hydrocotyle . 
Having feasted with most hearty zest on our roast, and 
fallen into marching order, I soon arrived at a small 
cataract, down which the water fell perpendicularly 
about twenty feet, into a deep and dark basin. The 
only ford at this place was on the very edge of the fall 
(composed of a single mass of rock), over which I was 
