. A voyage round the world in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788 [microform]. Boussole (Frigate); Astrolabe (Frigate); Boussole (Frégate); Astrolabe (Frégate); Voyages around the world; Scientific expeditions; Voyages autour du monde; Expéditions scientifiques. 4^4 LA PEROUSE S VOYAGE. grows abundantly: it forms their fole food, and they feem to thrive very well upon it. This (hriib, commonly called broom, is named by MaflTon, in the fupplement to YJiU^^^uSt fpartiw:: fnpranulium y it comfs to pcrfe6tion on the mountains, on the fide of the port of Orot^va, in the road to the Peak. This fpeci
. A voyage round the world in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788 [microform]. Boussole (Frigate); Astrolabe (Frigate); Boussole (Frégate); Astrolabe (Frégate); Voyages around the world; Scientific expeditions; Voyages autour du monde; Expéditions scientifiques. 4^4 LA PEROUSE S VOYAGE. grows abundantly: it forms their fole food, and they feem to thrive very well upon it. This (hriib, commonly called broom, is named by MaflTon, in the fupplement to YJiU^^^uSt fpartiw:: fnpranulium y it comfs to pcrfe6tion on the mountains, on the fide of the port of Orot^va, in the road to the Peak. This fpecies is certainly the largeft of any hitherto difcoveredj I have met with feveral, the whole cir- cumference of the branches of which exceeded eighty fttt. The trunk was nearly the thicknefs of a man's body, and the branches in proportion. It grows to the height often or twelve feet, and when in blolfom makes a very beautiful appearance, the branches being very numerous and thick fet Vv'ith flowers. The other plants which appeared to me capable pf being cultivated with advantage in the fo\ith of France, are: J. A fpecies of afparagus, a beautiful fhrub very common in this country. It is called by L,in- nseus ajparagus declinatm. a. A fpecies of ciftus. Ctjliis vilkfus, Linn, ^. An euphorbium of the Canaries. Euphorbia CanarienftSi Linn, which grows upon the bare rocks, and is ufed as fire wood. The vegeta- tive force of this plant is fo confiderable, that a fingle trunk throws out more than a hundred and fifty branches of the thicknefs of the arm, ^nd twelve feet high. A fingle plant would furniH;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original La Pérouse, Jean François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788; Milet de Mureau, Louis-Marie-Antoine Destouff, baron de, 1756-1825. London : Printed for J. Johnson . ..
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