BY J. H. MAIDEN. 501 



are thrown away: the others, by strokes of the Kondola, are united 

 by twos or threes, and p;it into the fire again ; they are then 

 taken out and pounded together in the form of a cake, which is 

 again returned to the fire and carfully turned occasionally. This 

 operation is repeated eight or tea times, and when the Hakkni, 

 which is now of a green-greyish colour, begins to harden, it is fit 

 for use (Thozet). 



ISTew South "Wales and Queensland. 



52. CoPROSMA HIRTELLA, Lobill., (Syn. C. cuspidifolia, DC), 

 N.O. Rubiacere, B.Fl., iii., 429. 



Fruit sweet, eatable, not agreeable. The fruits of other species 

 may be eaten also. 



All the colonies except Queensland and Western Australia. 



53. CoPROSMA BiLLARDiERi, Hook. /., (Syn. C. microphylla, 

 ? Hook. ; Canthmm quadrijidum, Labill. ; Marquisia Bil- 

 lardieri, A. Rich.); N.O. Rubiaceae, B.Fl., iii., 430. 



"N"ative Currant." ''Morr" of the aboriginals of Coranderrk 

 Station, Victoria. 



This plant bears a small round drupe, about the size of a small 

 pea. Ml-. Backhouse states that (over half a century ago) when 

 British fruits were scarce, it was made into puddings by some of 

 the settlers of Tasmania, but the size and number of the seeds 

 were objectionable. 



New South Wales, Tasmania, and Victoria. 



54. CoRDiA Myxa, Linn., (Syn. C. dichotoma, Forst.; C. Urownii, 



DC; C. lutifolia, Roxb. ; C. ixiocarpa, F.v.M.; C. obliqua, 

 Willd. ; C. polygama, Roxb.) ; N.O. Boraginea?, B.Fl., iv., 

 386. 



The " Sebesten plum " of India. 



In India the tender young fruit is eaten as a vegetable, and is 

 pickled ; the ripe fruit is eaten, and is greedily devoured by birds. 



