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64: In the rich soil near the river-bed, we saw the yellowishflowers of the native tobacco, Nicotiana suaveolens. The fruit of these two native elders isfleshy and sweetish, and is used by the aborigines for food. `The Argus,' March 25: Another quaint caller of the bush is the cat-bird, and itseggs are of exactly the colour of old ivory. `The Australasian,' June 13, p.

Apocyneae. In Tasmania, Odax baleatus, Cuv. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. Pepper-tree, n.