BY J. H. MAIDEN. 485 



" Black Apple," " Brush Apple," " Wild" or " Native Plum" of 

 colonists. Following are some aboriginal names: — "Jerra-wa- 

 wah," Illawarra and Brisbane Water (New South Wales), " Wy- 

 caulie," Richmond and Clarence Rivers (N.S.W.), " Tchoonboy," 

 Northern New South Wales and Southern Queensland. 



The rich milky sap resembles cream in taste ; the fruit is like a 

 very lai'ge plum, but of coarse, insipid flavour. 



New South Wales and Queensland. 



7. Adansonia Gregorii, F.v.M., N.O. Malvaceae, B.Fl., i., 223. 

 "Sour Gourd," "Cream of Tartar" tree. 



The dry acidulous pulp of the fruit is eaten. It has an agree- 

 able taste, like cream of tartar, and is peculiarly refreshing in the 

 sultry climates where the tree is found. It consists of gum, 

 starch, sugary matter and malic acid {Treasury 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. digitata). 



Northern and Western Australia. 



8. Adenanthera pavonina, Linn., N.O. Leguminosae, B.Pl., 



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 Leguminosse must be regarded as a 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) campestkis, Linn., N.O, Fungi, 



Muell. Fragm. XI. SuppL, p. 79. 



" The Common Mushroom." 



