llet</hw>, <i>n</i>. The name is given to several
Australian grasses. The Koda Millet of India, <i>Paspalum
scrobiculatum</i>, Linn., is called in Australia <i>Ditch
Millet</i>; <i>Seaside Millet</i> is the name given to
<i>Paspalum distichum</i>, Linn., both of the <i>N.O.</i>
<i>Gramineae</i>. But the principal species is called
<i>Australian Millet</i>, <i>Native Millet</i>, and <i>Umbrella
Grass</i>; it is <i>Panicum decompositum</i>, R. Br.,
<i>N.O. Gramineae</i>; it is not endemic in Australia.

1896. `The Australasian,' March 14, p. 488, col. 5:

"One of the very best of the grasses found in the hot regions
of Central Australia is the Australian millet, <i>Panicum
decompositum</i>. It is extremely hardy and stands the hot dry
summers of the north very well; it is nutritious, and cattle
and sheep are fond of it. It seeds freely, was used by the
aborigines for making a sort of cake, and was the only grain
stored by them. This grass thrives in poor soil, and starts
into rapid growth with the first autumn rains."

<hw>Mimosa</hw>, <i>n</i>. a scientific name applied to upwards
of two hundred trees of various genera in the Old World. The
genus <i>Mimosa</i>, under which the Australian trees called
<i>Wattles</i> were originally classed, formerly included the
Acacias. These now constitute a separate genus. <i>Acacia</i>
is the scientific name for the <i>Wattle</i>; though even now
an old colonist will call the <i>Wattles "Mimosa</i>."

1793. J. E. Smith, `Specimen of Botany of New Holland,'
p. 52:

"This shrub is now not uncommon in our greenhouses, having been
raised in plenty from seeds brought from Port Jackson. It
generally bears its fragrant flowers late in the autumn, and
might then at first sight be sooner taken for a <i>Myrtus</i>
than a <i>Mimosa</i>."

1802. Jas. Flemming, `Journal of Explorations of Charles
Grimes,' in `Historical Records of Port Phillip' (ed. 1879,
J. J. Shillinglaw), p. 25:

"Timber; gum, Banksia, oak, and mimosa of sorts, but not large
except the gum."

1830. R. Dawson, `Present State of Australia,' p. 202:

"Gum-arabic, which exudes from the mimosa shrubs."

1844. `Port Phillip Patriot,' July 18, p. 4, col. 2:

"`Cashmere' shawls do not grow on the mimosa trees."

1845. J. O. Balfour, `Sketch of New South Wales,' p. 38:

"The mimosa is a very graceful tree; the foliage is of a light
green colour. . . . The yellow flowers with which the mimosa is
dec