520 AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS HUMAN FOOD-PROVIDING PLANTS, 



112. HiRNEOLA POLYTRICHA, Fries, N.O. Fungi, Fragm., xi. 

 (Suppl.), 90. 



This is the common form in Port Jackson, and along the east 

 coast. It is also found in New Zealand, where it became an 

 ai-ticle of export for the Chinese mai'ket. It is used to thicken 

 soup (Tenison- Woods and Bailey, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W., 

 v., 77). 



South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland. 



113. HovEA LONGiPEs, Benth., (Syn. H. leiocarpa, Benth.), N.O. 

 Leguminosse, B.Fl., ii., 174. 



Mr. P. A. O'Shanesy says that the young pods of this shi'ub are 

 eaten by the Queensland aborigines. 

 New South Wales and Queensland. 



114. IPOMCEAspp., N.O. Convolvulacete. 

 "Native Yams." 



The tubers of these plants are sometimes eaten by the 

 aboriginals. 



115. Lagenaria VULGARIS, Ser., N.O., Cucurbitacese, B.F!., 

 iii., 316. 



The fruit of this plant is purgative, and even poisonous, but 

 after due preparation the aboriginals have been known to eat it, 

 while some of the cultivated varieties seem to be eaten with 

 impunity in various parts of the world. 



At the Health Exhibition of 1884, held in London, the dried 

 fruit from Japan was exhibited. The following pai'ticulars are 

 taken from the catalogue of the Japanese exhibits. The method of 

 manufacturing it is the following : — The first step is to cut ofl' the 

 exti'emities ; then the seeds and pulp are taken out. The fruit is 

 then cut to a certain length, and is dried by hanging it on sticks. 

 It will thus be preserved for a long period, if kept in pro))er 



