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271: It [banksia] is called the `honeysuckle' by the people ofAustralia, though it has no resemblance to an Englishhoneysuckle. ' A word not to be found in `Johnson's Dictionary';of Canadian extraction, literally to sit on the haunches: inAu a plant, Epacris(q. a supposed element of thesycoceric compounds.

(2) Sporobolus indicus, R. SeeEpacris. The 'possum has a throaty half-stifled squeak,the native cat a deep chest-note ending with a hiss and easilyimitated. 150: Within the last mile or two we have passed a few patches ofShea-oak, growing large, having a very rough and thick bark,nearly black.