HUMAN FOODS. 5 
starch, sugary matter, and malic acid.” (Zreasury of Botany.) A 
fine figure of this tree has just been published in part 26 of the 
Picturesque Atlas of Australasia. 
This species is hardly to be distinguished from the Baobab of 
Africa (A. digttata). 
Northern Australia. 
8. Adenanthera pavonina, Zzv., N.O. Leguminose, B.FI., 
ii., 298, and Muell. Cens., p. 43. 
‘** Barricarri” of India, “‘ False Jequirity.” 
In India these seeds are occasionally used as an article of 
food. They are of the size of a kidney bean. They would 
doubtless require boiling, or some similar preparation, for it should 
be borne in mind that the Leguminosz must be regarded asa 
poisonous Natural Order, in spite of the fact that it yields some 
of the most valuable foods used by man and beast. 
Queensland.. 
9. Agaricus (Psalliota) campestris, Zzu., N.O. Fungi, Muell. 
Fragm. XI., Suppl., p. 79. 
“The Common Mushroom.” 
This, and several other edible species of mushroom, are found 
in Australia. Besides the present one, no mushroom perhaps is 
generally used in these colonies as food. Of course the dryness 
of the climate renders these edible fungi much less abundant than 
they otherwise would be. 
All the colonies except Western Australia. 
10. Aleurites moluccana, Wrl/d., (Syn. A. Amdinux, Pers., 
A. ftriloba, Forst., Fatropha moluccana, Linn.,) N.O. 
Euphorbiacez, B.Fl., vi., 128. Noted in Muell. Cens., p. 20, 
as A. friloba. 
“Candle Nut Tree.” 
The natives of the countries in which this tree grows are very 
fond of the nut, which is similar in flavour to the common walnut, 
and very wholesome. It is, however, rather rich, from the quantity 
of oil it contains. 
Queensland. 
