yielding Food for Man . 
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P ter is esculenta , common fern. 
On the summits of Mountains occur— 
Rubus Gunnianus . 
Species of Leptospermum and Epacridece . 
Astelia montana . 
And as you descend, on the sides of Mountains—. 
Coprosma nitida (which is the most valuable). 
Oxalis microphylla . 
Gaultlieria liispida . 
Atherosperma moschata. 
Cybotium Billardieri . 
Coprosma microphylla and hirtclla , in the ravines. 
Polygonum adpressum (?), in some situations. 
In the open Forest, or common Bush— 
Billardiera mutabilis , in rocky places. 
Geranium parvijlorum . 
Oxalis microphylla . 
Acacia, yielding gum. 
Rubus macropodus . 
icoa sanguisorba. 
Astroloma humifusa . 
Exocarpus cupressiformis . 
Casuarina quadrivalvis. 
Orchidecc . 
P ter is esculenta . 
Agaricus catnpcstris. 
Mylitta Australis , native bread. 
In the dense myrtle forests of the Colony, the number 
of food-plants is very limited. These forests stretch for 
upwards of twenty miles in a north and south direction, 
on the north coast about Emu Bay; and in a direction 
east and west, parallel to the sea, they are still more 
extensive. 
Coprosma microphylla , occurs in many places. 
Atherosperma moschata , or sassafras. 
