Part 149 (2/2)

p 16:

”Legitiration of a certain portion of our population; ie

having legal reasons for itiiven by Leichhardt to the Queensland tree Erythrophaeuuminosae

See Ironbark

<hw>Leichhardt</hw>, or <hw>Leichhardt-Tree</hw>, n

an Australian timber-tree, Morinda citrifolia, Linn, NO Rubiaceae; called also Canary-wood and Indian Mulberry In Queensland, the name is applied to Sarcocephalus cordatus, Miq, NO Rubiaceae, a large ti

1874 M K Beveridge, `Lost Life,' p 40:

”Groaning beneath the friendly shade That by a Leichhardt-tree was made”

1885 H Finch-Hatton, `Advance Australia, p 258:

”The Leichhardt is a very syht of about sixty feet, and has leaves rather like a big laurel”

<hw>Leichhardt-Bean</hw>, n See Bean

<hw>Leichhardt's Clustered-Fig</hw>, n iq Clustered Fig See Fig

<hw>Lemon, Desert</hw>, n See Desert Lemon

<hw>Lemon-scented Gum</hw>, n See Gum

<hw>Leiven to the Queensland tree Eucalyptus staigeriana, F v M, NO Myrtaceae See Ironbark The foliage of this tree yields a large quantity of oil, equal in fragrance to that of leland, the name is applied to an inferior species of Sole In New South Wales, it is given to Plagusia unicolor, Mad, of the family Pleuronectidae or Flat-fishes In New Zealand, it is another name for the New Zealand Turbot (qv)

<hw>Lemon, Wild</hw>, n a timber tree, Canthium latifolium, F v M, NO Rubiaceae; called also Wild Orange

<hw>Leiven by settlers to the New Zealand tree called by Maoris Tarata (qv), or Mapau (qv) It is Pittosporuenoides, A Cunn, NO Pittosporeae

<hw>Leopard-Tree</hw>, n an Australian tree, Flindersia maculosa (or Strezleckiana), F v M, NO Meliaceae; called also Spotted-Tree (qv), and sometimes, in Queensland, prickly Pine

<hw>Lerp</hw>, n an aboriginal word belonging to the Mallee District of Victoria (see Mallee) Soinal word means `sweet' It is a kind of manna secreted by an insect, Psylla eucalypti, and found on the leaves of the Mallee, Eucalyptus dumosa Attention was first drawn to it by Mr Thomas Dobson (see quotations) A chemical substance called Lerpamyllum is derived from it; see Watts' `Dictionary of Chearth, `Australia Felix,' p 73:

”The natives of the Wimmera prepare a luscious drink from the laap, a sweet exudation from the leaf of the mallee (Eucalyptus dus of the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land,' vol i p 235:

”The white saccharine substance called `lerp,' by the Aborigines in the north-western parts of Australia Felix, and which has attracted the attention of chemists, under the iinates with an insect of the tribe of Psyllidae, and order Hemiptera”

1850 Ibid p 292::