38 BOTANY OF ^•ORTH-^VESTERN NEW SOUTH WALES, 



Portulaca oJeracea^ Linn. Purslcane. 



Succulent stems eaten fresh and after roasting. Seeds cruslied 

 between stones and made into cakes. 

 Pteris aquiJina, Linn., var. esculenfa. Bracken fern. 



Underground stems roasted. 

 Sporoholus I/fuIIe///, Benth. Sporobolus. 



Grain ground and made into a kind of bread. 

 Stercidia diversifolia, G. Don. Kurrajong. 



Fleshy roots and seeds eaten fresh and after being roasted on 

 ashes. 

 Thysanofus fuberosiis, R.Br. A fringed violet. 



Tubers roasted. 

 Triglocliin procera, R.Br. Tall rush. 



Tubers roasted on ashes. 

 Triodia mitcheJU, Benth., et spp. Porcupine grass. 



Grain used similarly to that of other grasses. 

 Typha angustifolia, Linn. Bulrush. 



Roots and young shoots roasted. 



Gum Exudations, Galls and Manna from the following 

 Trees are eaten ry the Aborigines. 



Botanical names. Common names. 



Acacia aneura, F.v.M. Mulga apples. 



dealbafa, Link. Silver wattle. 



decurrens, Willd. Black wattle. 



liomalophylla, A. Cunn. Ourley yarren. 



excelsa, Benth. Ironbark wattle. 



Eucalyptus diimosa, A. Cunn. Mallee, Lerp. 



terminal is, F.v.M. Western blood wood. 



viminalis, Labill. Manna gum. 



Flindersia maculosa, F.v.M. Spotted tree. 



Some Medicinal Plants of the Aborigines. 

 Botanical names. Common names. 



Capparis mitclielli, Lindl. Native orange. 



Bruised bark used on sores, etc. 



