Euphorbiaceae,which further goes by the names of River Poisonous Treeand Blind-your-Eyes--names alluding to the poisonousjuice of the stem. 272: There were always a number of natives roaming about. It is curious that while an American magazine calls this phraseAustralian (see quotation), the `Dictionary of Slang'--oneeditor of which is the distinguished American, GodfreyC. Nor is this all;for on retiring to rest he will find that the brickfielder hasintruded even within the precincts of his musquito curtains.
78: Numerous flowering shrubs, such as the tea-tree, native lilac,and many another that varies the colour and softly scents theatmosphere. The wood is of a yellowish or strawcolour, hard, heavy, tough, strong and rigid. As a matter of fact, the name is altered out of recognition,but really comes from the aboriginal budgery, good, andgar, parrot. See Musk-tree.
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