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about forty feet in diameter and five in depth; it is called Ultwinna. At the 
bottom of this is a large boulder stone on which rest two smaller waterworn 
pebbles. In and around this depression ceremonials take place, which are designed 
to promote the supply of acacia seeds (A. friimentacea). It may be observed that 
the large size of the seeds of this species renders them easy of collection. Lubras 
are forbidden to approach the place. 
MYRTACE/E. 
I was informed that the bark of the young roots of species of mallee are eaten 
after being pounded and roasted. Mr. Helms (Report of the Elder Exp. Exped.) 
makes the same statement, and describes the process of preparation. 
SANTALACE/E. 
Santalum acuminatum. “ Quondong,” “ Native Peach.” The brilliant ripe 
red fruit are eaten both by the natives and white settlers. Although rather dry 
and insipid in the raw state, they make, when cooked, a pleasant preserve. In 
several rock sheltei’s I observed fragments of the stones which had evidently been 
cracked for the sake of the kernels. In one such shelter at the Tarn of Auber, 
Glen Edith, I noticed a number of the seeds perforated at one pole with a neatly 
made round aperture of about a third of an inch in diameter, through which the 
kernels had been extracted, but the natives to whom I showed the seeds could 
give me no information as to the manner in which the perforation was made, or 
even as to whether it was made by their own race. 
Santalum lanceolatum. “Native Plum.” The small purple fruit are eaten 
raw. 
CUCURBITACE/E. 
Melothria Maderaspatana. 
CUCUMIS Chate. 
The fruits of both species are eaten, especially the latter from its superior size. 
LORANTHACEy€. 
We frequently saw the natives pluck branches of Loranthus Exocarpi, 
L. linophyllus, or L. pe7idulus, and eat the berries as they walked along. 
