FLORA OF TASMANIA. [Progress of Australian 



Chenopodium erosum. A pot-herb. " Australian Spinach." 



Ehagodia parabolica. Yields one-third its weight in salt, Mitchell. 



Salicornia Indica. Young shoots pickled. 



Ficus sp. ? The " Clustered Fig." Eaten. 



Morus Calcar-galli. Mulberry. 



A species of Casuarina ? is the Mallee Oak, which contains water in the cavities of the trunk. 



Casuarinae sp. Native throwing-stick made of its wood. Shoots of C. quadrivalvis acid. 



Araucaria Bidwillii. " Bunyabunya." Seeds eaten. 



Zamiae sp. Seeds of various species eaten. 



Cymbidium canaliculatum. Mucilaginous stems, etc., eaten. 



Caladenia and various other Orchids have edible tubers. 



Gastrodia sesamoides. Eoots cooked and eaten by the Tasmanian natives. 



Livistona inermis. " Palm Cabbage." 



Livistona australis. " Palm Cabbage," Leiclutrdt. Leaves used for baskets. 



Arecsa sp. Used for baskets. 



Seaforthiae sp. Leaves used for water-baskets. 



Pandanus spiralis, P. aquaticus. Mucilaginous young parts and kernels of fruit eaten. 



Typha latifolia. Eoot an excellent food. (The pollen is made into cakes in New Zealand and 



Scinde.) 

 Caladium macrorhizon. Cultivated ; root eaten. 

 Taccae spp. Tubers eaten, full of starch. 

 Aponogeton sp. Ditto. 

 Dioscoreas spp. Tubers of a wild yam eaten. 

 Hasmodori spp. Eoots eaten. 



Philydrum lanuginosum. Leaves used for women's girdles. 

 Flagellaria Indica. Used for cordage. 

 Astelia alpina. Fruit sweet, and base of leaves eaten. 

 Xanthorrhoeae sp. Bases of young leaves eaten raw and roasted. 



Xerotes sp. Leaves used for basket-work. • 



Anthistiria australis. The best fodder-grass of Australia. 

 Panicum laevinode. Grains pounded yield excellent food. 

 Avena ? "Wild Oats. Grain excellent, Orey. 



Oryza sativa. The Eice was found by Mueller in tropical Australia, 

 Pteris aquilina, var. esculenta. Eoot eaten raw and roasted. 

 Dicksonia antarctica. Pulp of top of trunk full of starch, eaten raw and roasted. 

 Alsophila australis. Ditto. 

 Agaricus campestris. Common Mushroom. 



Mylitta australis. The native bread (a huge Truffle) of Tasmania. 

 Cyttaria Gunnii. An edible Fungus, on the branches of Fagus Cunninghamii. 



§ 16. 



Outlines of the Progress of Botanical Discovery in Australia. 



In the following rapid sketch of the labours of those who have mainly contributed to develop 

 the botanical riches of Australia, I have endeavoured to give some idea of the comparative amount 



