BOMURRA CAMMERRAL. 
Having obtained, from the friend to whom 
we are indebted for the original drawing of 
this plant, the name by which the aborigines of 
New South Wales distinguish it, we are in- 
duced to preserve the native appellation ; 
though it certainly conveys no idea to the 
mind of any person unacquainted with the rude 
jargon of that people. The r>jropean settlers, 
however, we are informed, from the great re- 
semblance which they thought they could per- 
ceive between this plant, and the Potatoe Ap- 
ple of Europe, generally called it the Potatoe 
Apple Fruit. Indeed, it must be acknowledged 
that, as well from the fruit, as the blossom, 
and even the leaf, if we except the prickles, 
there is much of the general appearance of the 
Common Potatoe plant. 
So impcrfe6l is our information respe6ling 
this curious plant, that we have even bcennna^ 
ble to discover, with any sort of certainty, whe- 
ther the similarity which so forcibly struck, our- 
European 
