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Hampshire and Surrey Hills ; which are from 1200 to 
1500 feet above the level of the sea. It is a small 
creeping plant, seldom exceedingan inch or two in height, 
but covering patches of ground of several feet in extent. 
The soil in which I found that it bore most fruit was 
composed principally of decayed wood. The fruit, 
which is large, of a fine red colour, and formed like 
that of the Rubus Arcticus , is hidden from sight under 
the leaves (and also often partly buried under the light 
soil), which densely cover the ground. The flavour re¬ 
sembles that of the English cranberry. 
Acama Sanguisorba. The Burr of the Colonists. 
The leaves of this plant are said to be an excellent 
substitute for tea. It is common every where, and well 
known from the annoyance caused by its seeds hooking 
on to the stockings and other parts of the dress of pe¬ 
destrians. 
Nat. Ord. Myrtace/E. Myrtle family. 
The genera Leptospermum and Melaleuca are in the 
Island indiscriminately called “ Tea-tree,” without re¬ 
ference to species. The leaves of some have been used 
as a substitute for tea; but the flavour is too highly 
aromatic to please the European taste. 
Nat. Ord. FicoiDEyE. Fig-marigold family. 
Genus, Mesembryanthemum . 
M. cequilaterale (pig-faces), the canagong of the Abo¬ 
rigines. The pulp of the almost shapeless, but some¬ 
what ob-conical, fleshy seed-vessel of this plant is 
sweetish and salin'e; it is about an inch and a half 
long, of a yellowish, reddish, or green colour. The 
celebrated Dr. Bobert Brown observes, that this is 
the most widely diffused plant in Australia, being found 
on all the coasts. It seldom extends many hundred 
yards inland, except along the margins of rivers like 
