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 228 SURVEY OF. T!tE'ITROPICAL ira. the entrance of the harbour; and on going there,
 * Nov.. found the decayed flowers and seeds sufficiently

perfeet to throw a, considerable light. upon this singular plant*; several were procured, and brought to England. A drawing of this tree is given 'in the view of King George's Sound, in .Captain Flinders's aeeount of the. Investigator's voyage. In. the list of the plants collected ]y me upon this occasion, was a splendid spe- cies ef' an/gomnt/m, which proved to be quite new, and had escaped the observation both of ,Mr. Brown and of Mr. Cunningham. Living plants of various genera were also procured: �among which were several of the remarkable cepotus folliculm, (Brown,) which, however, alone survived the voyage, and' are now growing in the royal gardens at Kew. tl. !. Having egected our departure 'from King jan. t4, .George's Sound, we proceeded on our way to- lSS. wards Simon's Bay at the Cape of Good Hope, which we reached on the 4th of.January,.after �More perfect.specimens were afterwards collected by Mr, Baxter, and sent, through Mr, Henchman his employer, to my friend Mr. Brovrn, the original discoverer or the tree in Captain F!indert's voyage,  the author oi  the .paper in at the end of the volume relating to ,it,  FbiNDliJtS, VoL i.p, /

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