BY J. H. MAIDEN. 495 



" Gunthamarra " by the aboriginals of the Clonciirry River 

 (Northern Queensland), and *' Ootcho" by the aboriginals of the 

 Mitchell River. 



The Rev. J. E. Tenison- Woods records that the Queensland 

 blacks eat the seeds, and he has heard it said that they roast and 

 eat the fruit as well. 



Queensland and Northern Australia, 



38. Cargillia australis, R.Br., (Syn, Maba Cargill{a,¥.y.M.. ; 



Dios}jyros Cargillia, F.v.M.), N.O. Ebenacese, B.Fl., iv., 

 288. Diospyros Cargillia in Muell, Cens., p. 92. 



"Black Plum" (of Illawarra, New South Wales), " Booreerra " 

 of some aboriginals. 



The fruits are of the size of a large plum, and of a dark purple 

 colour. They are eaten by the aboriginals. 



New South Wales and Queensland. 



39. Carissa ovata, R.Br., (Syn. C. Brownii, F.v.M.), N.O. 



Apocynese, B.Fl., iv., 305. G. Brownii, F.v.M., in Muell. 

 Cens,, p. 93. 



" Native Scrub Lime," " Karey " of the aborigines of the 

 Rockhampton tribe (Queensland), *' Ulorin " of the aboriginals 

 of the Cleveland Bay tribe, " Kvmkerberry " of the aboriginals of 

 the CJoncurry River (Northern Queensland). 



This little bush produces a very pleasant fruit which is both 

 agreeable and wholesome. It is like a sloe, egg-shaped, and about 

 half-an-inch long. It exudes a viscid milky juice and contains a 

 few woody seeds. " I can testify that the friiit is both agreeable 

 and wholesome, and I never knew an instance of any evil conse- 

 quences, even when they were partaken of most abundantly." 

 (Teuison-Woods, Proc. Linn. Soc. lY.S.W., Yol. vii., 571). 



South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland. 



40. Cassytha filiformis, Linn., (Syn. C. guineensis, Schum.), 



N.O. Laurinea;, B.FL, v., 311. 



