Voyage in search of La Pérouse : performed by order of the Constituent Assembly, during the years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794 . middle, Amongft a great variety of other plants thatgrew in the neighbouring (voods, I obferved fe-veral fpecies of a new genus of the pedicidaria,very nearly refembling the polygala. Amongftthe Ihrubs which ornamented the grounds near. the Ihore, w^as a beautiful fpecies of fenfitiveplant with fimple leaves, the ftalk of which wasbent into the form of the letter S. We faw a large flock of black fwans failingupon the lake ; but the_y were not within reachof our guns. S
Voyage in search of La Pérouse : performed by order of the Constituent Assembly, during the years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794 . middle, Amongft a great variety of other plants thatgrew in the neighbouring (voods, I obferved fe-veral fpecies of a new genus of the pedicidaria,very nearly refembling the polygala. Amongftthe Ihrubs which ornamented the grounds near. the Ihore, w^as a beautiful fpecies of fenfitiveplant with fimple leaves, the ftalk of which wasbent into the form of the letter S. We faw a large flock of black fwans failingupon the lake ; but the_y were not within reachof our guns. Some fmall iflands were vifible to-wards S. E. near the oppofite fliore of the killed a number of fnipes of different kindswhile we dired:ed our march S. W. inorder to ar-rive at the fartheft extremity of thelake. The bottom of the lake is here fo even,that throughout a furface of more than fifty toifesin length, the water is hardly more than a lootand an half deep. It is covered v/ith a prodigiousquantity of fiiells, many of which are decayed inconfcqucnce of the length of time they have lain there. The. April.] of la perouse. 185 The crtftd marina is found upon thefe difcovered at ?. little diftance from them anewfpecies of parfley, which 1 named apium projira-tum, on account of the pofition of its Item, whichalways creeps along the ground. Its analogy withthe other fpecies of the fame genus, led tothink it might be good to eat, and it anfweredmy expectations. We carried a large quantity ofit on board with us, which was acceptable tomariners who felt the neceffity of obviating, byvegetable diet, the bad effects of the fait provi-fions on which we had lived during the whole ofour pafTage from the Cape of Good Hope to thatof Van Diemen. Cretin, one of the officers of our fhip, togetherwith the engineer, had been fent with the long-boat by our Commander, in order to reconnoitreTempeft-bay. They brought intelligence at theirreturn, after having advan
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