498 AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS HUMAN FOOD-PROVIDING PLANTS, 



" Australian Spinach," " Fat-hen." Other species share this 

 name. 



A pot-herb, which may be utilised in the same manner as the 

 preceding species. 



Southern colonies. 



45. CiTRiOBATUS PAUCIFLORUS, A. Cunn., (Syn. Ixiosporum 

 spinescens, F.v.M.), N.O. Pittosporese, B.Fl., i., 122. 



" Native Orange," " Orange-thorn." 



The fruit is an orange berry with a leathery skin, about one 

 inch and a-half in diameter. The seeds are large. It is eaten by 

 the aboriginals. 



New South Wales, Queensland, and Northern Australia. 



46. Citrus australis, Planch., (Syn. Limonia australis, A. 



Cunn.), N.O. Rutacene, B.Fl., i., 371. Citrus Planchonii, 

 F.V.M., in Muell. Cens., p. 12. 



" Native Lime," " Orange." 



The fruit, which is an inch and a-half in diameter and almost 

 globular, yields an agreeable beverage from its acid juice. 

 New 8outh Wales and Queen.sland. 



47. Claytonia balonensis (Balonnensis), Lindl., (Syn. Calan- 



drinia Balonnensis, F.v.M.), N.O. Portulacese, B.FL, i., 

 172. 



Called "Periculia" by the aboriginals (Stuart). 



This plant is eaten with bread by white people. The blacks 

 also use it for food, mixed with baked bark (Annie F. Richards, 

 in Froc. R. S. S. A., iv. 136). 



The seed is used for making a kind of bread, after the manner 

 of that of Portulaca oleracea (Mueller, Fragm., x., 71). 



South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland. 



48. Claytonia polyandra, F.v.M., (Syn. Talinum polyandrum, 



Hook.), N.O. Portulacec^, B.Fl., i., 172. 



