20 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
“In India the tender young fruit is eaten as a vegetable, and 
is pickled ; the ripe fruit is eaten, and is greedily devoured by 
birds; the kernel is eaten, and tastes somewhat like a filbert ; 
that of the cultivated tree is better.’’ (Brandis.) 
Queensland. 
55. Correa alba, Axdr., (Syn. C. cotinifolia, Salisb. ; C. rufa 
Vent.; Mazeutoxeron rufum, Labill.), N.O., Rutacez, B.FI. 
Ly 354- 
“Called ‘‘Cape Barren Tea’”’ in Tasmania, on account of its use near 
that headland. 
The leaves of this plant have been used by the sealers on the 
islands in Bass’s Straits as a substitute for tea. 
Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales. 
56. Crinum flaccidum, Aerd., (Syn. Amaryllis australasica, 
Ker; C. australis, Spreng.), N.O., Amaryllidez, B.FI., vi., 
454. 
-The ‘ Darling Lily.” 
This exceedingly handsome white-flowered plant, which grows 
back from the Darling, has bulbs which yield a fair arrowroot. 
On one occasion, near the town of Wilcannia, a man earned a. 
handsome sum by making this substance when flour was all but 
unobtainable. 
South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. 
57. Cucumis trigonus, Roxb., (Syn. C. pubescens, Hook. ; 
C. jucundus, F.v.M.; C. picrocarpus, F NAW) 
Cucurbitacee, B.FI., iii., 317. 
‘‘ Boomarrah,”’ of the aborigines of the Cloncurry River (North Queensland). 
Sir Thomas Mitchell, in one of his western trips, speaks of 
this plant growing in such abundance that the whole country 
seemed strewed with the fruit, which was then ripe, and of which 
the natives ate great quantities, and were very fond. It is about 
the size of a plum only. 
In the Z7easury of Botany it is observed that the tender tops 
of all the edible species of Cucurbtiacee, boiled as greens or 
spinach, are even a more delicate vegetable than the fruit. 
