allangetta,' vol. ii. p. 2:

"This mallee scrub, as it is called, consists of a dense wood
of a dwarf species of gum-tree, <i>Eucalyptus dumosa</i>.
This tree, not more than a dozen feet in height, stretches its
horizontal and rigid branches around it so as to form with its
congeners a close, compact mass."

186. W. Howitt, `Discovery in Australia, vol. i. p. 214
(Oxley's Expedition in 1817):

"The country, in dead flats, was overspread with what is now
called mallee scrub, that is, the dwarf spreading eucalyptus,
to which Mr. Cunningham gave the specific name of
<i>dumosa</i>, a most pestilent scrub to travel through,
the openings betwixt the trees being equally infested with
the detestable malle-grass."

1883. `The Mallee Pastoral Leases Act, 1883,' 47 Vict.
No. 766, p. 3:

"The lands not alienated from the Crown and situated in the
North-Western district of Victoria within the boundaries set
forth in the First Schedule hereto, comprising in all some ten
millions of acres wholly or partially covered with the mallee
plant, and known as the Mallee Country, shall be divided into
blocks as hereinafter provided."

1890. `The Argus,' June 13, p. 6, col. 2:

"Mallee Selections at Horsham. A special Mallee Board,
consisting of Mr. Hayes, head of the Mallee branch of
the Lands Department, and Mr. Porter."

1893. `The Argus,' April 24, p. 7, col. 5:

"In the Mallee country there is abundance of work, cutting down
mallee, picking up dead wood, rabbit destruction, etc.

1893. A. R. Wallace, `Australasia,' vol. i. p. 46:

"One of the most common terms used by explorers is `Mallee'
scrub, so called from its being composed of dwarf species of
Eucalyptus, called `Mallee' by the natives. The species that
forms the `mallee' scrub of South Australia is the
<i>Eucalyptus dumosa</i>, and it is probable that allied
species receive the same name in other parts of the country."

1897. `The Argus,' March 2, p. 7, col. 1:

"The late Baron von Mueller was firmly convinced that it would
pay well in this colony, and especially in the mallee, to
manufacture potash."

<hw>Mallee-bird</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian bird, <i>Leipoa
ocellata</i>, Gould. Aboriginal name, the <i>Lowan</i> (q.v.);
see <i>Turkey</i>.

<hw>Mallee-fowl</hw>, <i>n</i>. Same as <i>Mallee-bird</i>
(q.v.).

<hw>Mallee-hen</hw>, <i>n</i>. Same as <i>Mallee-bird</i>
(q.v.).

1890. `Victorian Statutes-Game Act, Third Schedule':

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