484 AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS HUMAN POOD-PROVIDING PLANTS, 



3. AcACiA ciBARiA, F.v.M.y N.O. Leguminosse, Muell. Ceiis., 



p. 46. 



" Wonuy " of the natives about Shai'k's Bay. 



The natives use the seeds for food (Mueller and Forrest, Plants 

 indigenous around Shark's Bay, W.A., 1883). 



A quantity of these seeds obtained from near Milparinka, New 

 South Wales, is in the Technological Museum. They are two or 

 three times as large as most acacia seeds (resembling small castor- 

 oil seeds somewhat), have an excessively hard and very thick 

 coating, and what little nutritive matter they contain seems very 

 liable to the attficks of an insect. 



Western Australia and New South Wales. 



4. Acacia longifolia, Willd., var. Sophor^ (Syn. A. Sophorce, 



R.Br.; Mimosa Soplwrce, Labill.), N.O. Leguminosae, B.Fl., 

 ii., 398. 



It was the "Boobyalla" of the aboriginals of Tasmania. 



The natives of Tasmania used to roast the ripening pods of this 

 ■wattle, pick out the seeds and eat them (Backhouse). It is 

 believed that the seeds of other species of wattle were consumed 

 in a similar manner. 



Near the coast in all the colonies except Western Australia, 



5. ACiENA SANGUISORB.E, VahL, (Syn. A. sarnientosa, Cormick) 



N.O. Rosaceae, B.Fl., il, 434. 

 A "Burr." 



The leaves of this plant have been used as a substitute for tea, 

 and have been highly spoken of by some for this purpose. 

 All the colonies except Western Australia. 



6. AciiRAS australis, E.£r., (Syn. Sa2)ota australis, A. DC; 



Sideroxylon australe, Benth. & J. Hook., in Muell. Gens., 

 p. 92), N.O. Sapotaceae, B.Fl., iv., 282. 



