118 W. T. WYNDHAM. AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES : 



2. Marar a flaggy grass used for making Dilly bags, Nullo v 

 N in do re. First allowed to get dry, then damped and used as 

 wanted. 



3. Goonerang a vetch-like creeper. Root first roasted then 

 pounded between stones, chewed and the fibre spat out, large 

 quantities used. Has a liquorice flavour. 



4. Coolo, the grass mentioned by Sir T. Mitchell, known by 

 the aborigines from Liverpool plains to Central Queensland, and 

 most probably much further ; the seed is very minute, but not- 

 withstanding it was greatly used ground with water into a paste 

 between flat stones, then baked in ashes. Yappoola Central 

 Queensland. 



5. I have forgotten aboriginal name, but the seed-pods were 

 roasted before ripe and the husks only eaten on the Mackintyre 

 and New England. 



6. Native Pomegranate, Bumbul, here Nunky. Fruit when 

 ripe smells very good and has a nice flavour. There are several 

 varieties of this fruit in Central Queensland, I think they are 

 called capers. 



7. Koomine, a bean root largely used and decidedly not bad. 



Remarks on the Drawings by Rev. Dr. Woolls, f.l.s. 



1. Boerhaavia diffusa, Linn. (Nyctaginese). According to Mr. 

 Bentham (" Flora Australiensis, Vol. v. p. 278), this is a common 

 weed in the warmer regions of Asia and Africa, and is widely 

 diffused through the Australian Colonies, especially on alluvial 

 flats. It is highly esteemed in the Western Districts as a fodder 

 plant ; and Mr. E. Palmer, m.p. of Queensland, states, in his 

 " Notes on some Australian Tribes ; London, 1884," that the tap- 

 root has a pleasant mealy taste, is very nourishing, and is eaten 

 by the blacks on the banks of the Mitchell and Cloncurry." The 

 same plant is mentioned as an article of food amongst the blacks 

 of Western Australia (Grey's Expeditions, Vol. n., p. 292). 



2. Xerotes multiflora, R. Br., (Juncaceie) is common to N.E. 

 and S. Australia, as well as to Victoria, and with other species of 

 the genus, it may be utilised for its strong fibre. . Baron F. von 

 Mueller, in referring to X. longifolia, R. Br., remarks : " This 

 plant is dispersed throughout S.E. Australia and Tasmania, and 

 it can be employed both for printing and writing paper. It has 

 the recommendation of great tenacity. Several allied species will 

 yield similar material. The aborigines make baskets (Dilly bags ?) 

 of it. (" Report for Intercolonial Exhibition, 1867 "). 



3. Glycine tabacina, Benth., (Leguminosae) (so called according 

 to Mr. F. M. Bailey, f.l.s., because it is used as tobacco) is a 

 slender twining plant common to the Australian Colonies and 

 Tasmania. The root is said to have the flavour of liquorice, and 



