BY J. H. MAIDEN, 541 



boiling the leaves a, few minutes in water to extract tlie salt, and 

 then an hour in a third water, they formed a tender vegetable 

 resembling spinach. 



South Australia, New South Wales, and Queensland. 



173. Rhamnus vitiensis, Benth., (Syn. Dallachya vitiensis, 

 E.v.M, ; Coluhrina vitiensis, Seem.), N.O. Rhamnese, B.FL, 

 i., 413. Dallachya vitiensis, in Muell. Cens., p. 60. 



" Murtilam " of the aboriginals. 



The berries, which are a quarter of an inch in diameter, are 

 edible. 



Queensland. 



174. RuBus GuNNiANUS, Hook., N.O Rosaceae, B.FL, ii., 430. 

 This plant yields the best native fruit in Tasmania (R. 0. Gunn), 



though perhaps that is not saying much. 

 Tasmania. 



175. RuBUS ROSiEFOLius, Smith, (Syn. B. rosoeflorus, Roxb. ; 

 R. eglanteria, Tratt. ; B. pungens, Cambess. ; R. Sikkim- 

 ensis, O. Kze.), N.O. Rosacese, B.FL, ii., 431. 



" Native Raspberry." " Neram " of the aboriginals. 



Baron Mueller says, " This shrub bears in woody regions an 

 abundance of fruits of large size, and these eaily and long in the 

 season." 



The fruits of the Australian species of Rubus are for the most 

 part insipid, with a mawkish, granular taste, and with a trace of 

 astringency. They are encouraging to look at, but extremely 

 disappointing to taste. 



Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. 



176. Salicornia australis, Soland., (Syn. S. indica, R.Br.), 

 N.O. Chenopodiacese, B.FL, v., 205. 



The young shoots are pickled. 

 All the colonies. 



