BY J. H. MAIDEN. 543 



181. Semecarpus Anacardium, Linn., (Syn. S. australasicus, 

 Engl.), N.O. Anacardiacese, B.Fl., i., 491. 



" Marking-nut " tree of India. 



The thick fleshy receptacle bearing the fruit is of a yellow 

 colour when ripe, and is roasted and eaten by the natives of 

 India. The seeds, called Malacca-beans or Marsh nuts, are 

 eaten {^Treasury of Botany). 



The Portuguese at Goa salt the green fruit and use them like 

 olives (Dymock). 



When fresh the fruit is dry and astringent — roasted, it is said 

 to taste somewhat like roasted apples, and when dry somewhat 

 like dates (Brandis). 



Queensland and Northei'n Australia. 



182. Sesbania aculeata, Pers., (Syn. S. australis, F.v.M.), 

 N.O. Leguminosse, B.Fl. ii., 213. 



The " Nardoo " of the aboriginals of the Norman River, 

 Queensland. 



The natives of Northern Queensland make, or used to make, a 

 bread of the seeds of this species — -(See Marsilea quadrifolia) . 



" In North Queensland, according to Mr. T. A, Gulliver, the 

 natives make bread of the seeds of Sesbania aculeata, Pers. I am 

 of opinion that this is the true Nardoo of the Cooper's Creek 

 natives. The unfortunate explorers (Burke and Wills) might 

 easily have mistaken the spore cases of a Marsilea for the shelled- 

 out seeds of Sesbania " (Bailey, in Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1880, 

 p. 8). 



South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, Northern 

 and Western Australia. 



183. SoLANUii aviculare, Forst, (Syn. S. veseum, F.v.M. ; ,S'. 

 laciniatum. Ait. ; S, reclinatum, L'Her.), N.O. Solanete, 

 B.Fl., iv., 448. In Muell, Cens., p. 95 6, *S'. aviculare and 

 .S'. veseum are made separate species. 



