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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