36 BOTANY OF NORTH-WESTERN NEW SOUTH WALES, 



Owen in acidic! a, F.v.M. Colane. 



Persooiiia tenui folia, R.Br., et spp. Geebung. 



Hhagodin hastafa, R.Br. A saltbush. 



Ruhus 2)arvifolius, Linn. A native raspberry. 



Solanicm esuriale, Lindl. Native tomato. 



Food Plants of the Abokigines. 



JBotanical names. Common names. 



Acacia sent is, F.v M., et spp. Bramble acacia, etc. 



Seeds roasted. 



Acacia farnesiana, Willd. A wattle. 



Pods roasted on ashes. 

 Amarantus mifchdli, Benth. Wild amaranth. 



Seeds ground between stones and made into a kind of bread. 

 Antliistiria avenacea, F.v.M. Tall oat-grass. 



Grain ground between stones and made into cakes. 

 Arthropodium minus, R.Br. Small jointed lily. 



Oblong tubers roasted on ashes. 

 Astrehla trificoides, F.v.M., et spp. Mitchell grass. 



Grain ground between stones and made into cakes. 

 Boerliaavia diffusa, Linn. Hog-weed. 



Fleshy roots roasted on ashes. 

 Bromus arenarius, Labill. Barley grass. 



Grain ground between stones and made into cakes. 

 C(Esiavittata,^.^\:. Ribbon lily. 



Tubers roasted on ashes. 

 Chenopodium auricomum, Lindl. A Blue bush. 



Seeds ground between stones and made into a kind of bread. 

 Grinum flaccidum, Herb. Darling lily. 



Bulbs roasted on ashes. A kind of arrowroot has been made 

 from the bulbs. 



Gymhidium canaliculatiim, R.Br. Orchid. 



. P.seudo-bulbs of this epiphytal orchid and the tubers of many 

 of the terrestrial ones enumerated in the following pages are 

 roasted, but some are eaten fresh. 



