BY J. H. MAIDEN. 549 



199. Terminalia oblongata, F.v.M., N.O. Combretaceas, 

 B.FL, ii., 499. 



" Yananoleu " of the aboriginals. 

 The purple fruit is edible. 

 Queensland. 



200. Tetragonia expansa, Murr., (Syn. T. inermis, F.v.M.), 

 N.O. Ficoide^, B.Fl., iii., 325. 



" New Zealand Spinach." 



This plant was introduced to England by Sir Joseph Banks on 

 his return with Captain Cook from his first voyage round the 

 world. As a substitute for summer spinach this plant has been 

 grown in private (English) gardens for many years past, and it 

 yields a large produce, which in the hands of a skilful cook may 

 be made an excellent vegetable dish, though inferior to spinach. 

 The chief objection to it as a cooked vegetable is the abundance 

 of mucilage, which gives it a somewhat slimy consistence {Treasury 

 of Botany). 



It should be eaten when young, as when mature it possesses 

 some acridity. 



It is already cultivated to some extent in Austi'alian gardens, 

 but it is abundantly wild at many parts of the coast. 



All the colonies. 



201. Tetragonia implexicoma. Hook. /., (Syn. Tetragonella 

 implexicoma, Miq.), N.O. Ficoideae, B.FL, iii., 326. 



Called " Ice plant " in Tasmania. 



Baron Mueller suggests that this plant be cultivated for 

 spinach. 



All the colonies except Queensland. 



202. TiMOxSius RuMPiiii, DC, (Syn. Polyphragmon sericeum, 

 Desf.; G net tarda poly phragmoides, F.v.M.), N.O. Rubiacese, 

 B.FL, iiL. 417. 



" Kavor-Kavor" of the aboriginals. 



