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J777. reddifh tranfparent gum or refill, which has an aftringent 
, tafhe. The leaves of this tree are long, narrow, and pointed; 
and it bears clufters of fmall white flowers, whofe cups 
were, at this time, plentifully fcattered about the ground, 
with another fort refembling them fomewhat in lliape, but 
much larger; which makes it probable that there are two 
fpecies of this tree. The bark of the fmaller branches, 
fruit, and leaves, have an agreeable pungent tafte, and 
aromatic fmell, not unlike peppermint; and in its nature, 
it has fome affinity to the myrtus of botanifts. 
The moft common tree, next to this, is a fmall one about 
ten feet high, branching pretty much, with narrow leaves, 
and a large, yellow, cylindrical flower, confuting only of a 
vafl number of filaments; which, being fhed, leave a fruit 
like a pine-top. Both the above-mentioned trees are un¬ 
known in Europe. 
The underwood confifls chiefly of a fhrub fomewhat re¬ 
fembling a myrtle, and which feems to be the leptofpermum 
fcoparium , mentioned in Dr. Forfter’s Char. Gen. Plant .; 
and, in fome places, of another, rather fmaller, which is a 
new fpecies of the tnelaleuca of Linnaeus. 
Of other plants, which are by no means numerous, there 
is a fpecies of gladiolus , rufh, bell-flower, famphire, a fmall 
fort of wood-forrel, milk-wort, cudweed, and Job’s tears ; 
with a few others, peculiar to the place. There are feveral 
kinds of fern, as polypody, fpleenwort, female fern, and fome 
mofies; but the fpecies are either common, or at leaft found 
in fome other countries, efpecially New Zealand. 
The only animal of the quadruped kind we got, was a 
fort of opoffum , about twice the fize of a large rat; and is, 
moft probably, the male of that fpecies found at Endea¬ 
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