160 FIRST STEPS IN GENERAL KNOWLEDGE. 



strawberry-like fruit ; but this is so little palatable 

 that it has given the specific name of " unedo" 



" one I eat," to the 

 shrub. The fruit 

 of several North 

 American families 

 is more grateful,and 

 the snow-white ber- 

 ries of the wax-clus- 

 ter,* which grows 

 freely in Tasmania, 

 are said to be by 

 no means unplea- 

 sant. The narcotic 

 qualities of many 

 of the tribe, how- 

 ever, render it dan- 

 gerous to eat their 

 fruit indiscrimi- 



THE STRAWBERRY TREE. natety. But I UlUSt 



now proceed to 



several important tribes, having a bitter prin- 

 ciple common to all." 



Gaultlieria hupida. 



