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New South Wales, Queensland, Northern and Western 
Australia. 
58. Cyathea medullaris, Swer/z, N.O., Filices, B.Fl., vii., 708. 
** Black-stemmed Tree-fern.”’ 
“The aboriginals used to feed on the pith of this tree-fern, 
which contains a certain amount of starch similar to sago.” (Foster.) 
Tasmania, Victoria, and New South Wales. 
59. Cycas media, &.2r., N.O., Cycadez, B.FI., vi., 249. 
“Nut Palm.’ “ Baveu,” of Central Queensland aboriginals. 
“Employed bythe aborigines as food. An excellent farina is 
obtained from it. The nuts are deprived of their outer succulent 
cover (sarcocarp) and are then broken; and the kernels, having 
been roughly pounded, are dried three or four hours in the sun, 
then brought in a dilly-bag to a stream or pond, where they remain 
in the running water four or five days, and in stagnant water three 
or four days. By a touch of the fingers the proper degree of 
softness produced by maceration is ascertained. They are after- 
wards placed.between the two stones mentioned under Colocasia 
macrorrhizon, reduced to a fine paste, and then baked under the 
ashes in the same way that our bush people bake their damper.” 
(Thozet.) 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
60. Cymbidium canaliculatum, ”.27., N.O., Orchidez, B.FI., 
wi, 302. 
“The only orchid of the interior of tropical Australia which 
affords mucilaginous food.” (Mueller.) The stems, etc., are eaten. 
South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, and Northern 
Australia. . 
61. Cyttaria Gunnii, Zerk., N.O., Fungi, Muell., Fragm., xi., 
IOI, Supp. 
This edible fungus is found on the branches of /agus 
Cunninghamit, or native Beech. 
Tasmania, 
