502 AUSTRALIAN INDIGEKOUS HUMAN FOOD-PROVIDING PLANTS, 



The kernel is eaten, and tastes somewhat like a filbert; that of 

 the cultivated tree is better (Brandis). 

 Queensland. 



55. CoRREA ALBA, A ndr., (Hyn. C. cotinifolia, SalLsb. ; G. rii/a, 



Vent. ; Mazeutoxeron rufum, Labill.), N.O. Rutaceae, B.FL, 

 i., 354. 



Called "Cape Barren tea" in Tasmania, on account of its use 

 near that headland. 



The leaves of this plant have been used by the sealers on the 

 islands in Bass' Straits as a substitute for tea. 



Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. 



56. Crinum flaccidum, Berb., (Syn. Amaryllis auslralasica, 

 Ker ; A. australis, Spreng.), N.O. Amaryllidese, B.Fl., vi., 

 454. 



The " Darling Lily." 



This exceedingly handsome white-flowered plant, which grows 

 back from the Darling, has bulbs which yield a fair arrowroot. 

 On one occasion, near the town of Wilcannia, a man earned a 

 handsome sum by making this substance when flour was all but 

 unobtainable. 



South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. 



57. CucuMis TRiGONUS, Roxh., (Syn. G. pubescens, Hook.; C 

 jucundus, F.v.M. ; C. picrocarpus, F.v.M.), N.O. Cucur- 

 bitacese, B.Fl., iii., 317. 



" Boomarrah" of the aborigines of the Cloncurry River, North 

 Queensland. 



Sir Thomas Mitchell, in one of his western trips, speaks of this 

 plant growing in such abundance that the whole country seemed 

 strewed with the fruit, which was then ripe, and of which the 

 natives ate great quantities, and were very fond. It is about the 

 size of a plum only. 



