The ground is also strewed with fallen trees, the stems of which are covered with a thick coat of moss, in which seedlings of all the varieties of trees and plants that grow here were springing up in the prostrate stem of perhaps their parent tree; and it was not rare to see large Huon pines of three feet in diameter rooted in this manner on the trunk of a sound tree of even larger dimensions that had, perhaps, been lying on the ground for centuries; while others were observed, in appearance sound, and in shape perfect, and also covered with moss, which, upon being trod upon, fell in and crumbled away.

The fructification of this tree, so called from the river, which was named after Captain Huon Kermadie, who commanded L’Esperance under the order of Admiral D’Entrecasteaux, never having been seen, its detection was matter of much curiosity to Mr. Cunningham, who diligently examined every tree that had been felled.  It was, however, with some difficulty that he succeeded in finding the flower, which was so minute as almost to require a magnifying lens to observe it; it is a coniferous tree and was supposed by Mr. Cunningham to be allied to dacrydium.  Several saplings of this wood were cut for studding-sail booms and oars, as also of the Podocarpos aspleniifolia, Labillardiere; this latter tree is known to the colonists by the name of Adventure Bay Pine, and grows on Bruny Island in Storm Bay; but it is there very inferior in size to those of Pine Cove.

The Carpodontos lucida, or Australian snowdrop, of which Labillardiere has given a figure in his account of Admiral D’Entrecasteaux’s voyage, was in full flower, and had a most beautiful appearance.

The following is a list of the several species of trees that grow in this Cove, for which I am indebted to Mr. Cunningham: 

COLUMN 1:  Natural Orders, Jussieu. 
COLUMN 2:  Linn.  Sex.  Syst. 
COLUMN 3:  Name used by Colonists. 
COLUMN 4:  Ordinary Dimensions.  Height in feet. 
COLUMN 5:  Ordinary Dimensions.  Diameter at the Base.

Coniferae :  Dacrydium sp.? :  Huon Pine :  40 to 60 :  2 feet to 5 feet.

Coniferae :  Podocarpos aspleniifolia, Labillardiere :  Adventure Bay Yew, or Pine :  40 to 50 :  12 to 16 inches.

Cunoniaceae :  Weinmannia, sp. :  Native Beech :  20 to 25 :  4 to 5 inches.

Amentaceae :  Fagus :  Native Birch :  40 :  12 to 14 inches.

Proteaceae :  Cenarrhenes nitida.  Labillardiere :  Stinking Native Laurel :  20 to 25 :  8 inches.

Hypericineae :  Carpodontos lucida.  Labillardiere :  Snowdrop Tree :  25 to 30 :  4 to 6 inches.

Mimoseae :  Acacia melanoxylon.  Brown. :  Blackhearted Wattle, or Native Ash :  40 :  8 to 10 inches.

Atherospermeae :  Atherosperma moschata.  Labillardiere :  Sassafras :  30 to 35 :  5 to 8 inches.

Diosmeae :  Zieria arborescens :  Rue Tree :  12 to 16 :  3 to 4 inches.

Escalloneae Brown. :  Anopteros glandulosa.  Labillardiere :  Rose Bay :  15 to 20 :  3 to 5 inches.