ted already by the younger Linne in 1781 to Sir
Joseph Banks, from whom the Swedish naturalist received
branchlets of those species, which in Captain Cook's first
voyage more than 100 years ago (1770) were gathered by Banks at
Botany-Bay and a few other places of the east coast of
Australia."

1887. J. Bonwick, `Romance of the Wool Trade,' p. 228:

"A banksia plain, with its collection of
bottle-brush-like-flowers, may have its charms for a botanist,
but its well-known sandy ground forbids the hope of good
grasses."

<hw>Baobab</hw>, <i>n. a</i> tree, native of Africa,
<i>Adansonia digitata</i>. The name is Ethiopian. It has been
introduced into many tropical countries. The Australian
species of the genus is <i>A. gregorii</i>, F. v. M., called also
<i>Cream of Tartar</i> or <i>Sour Gourd-tree</i>,
<i>Gouty-stem</i> (q.v.), and <i>Bottle-tree</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Barber</hw>, or <hw>Tasmanian Barber</hw>, <i>n</i>. a name
for the fish <i>Anthias rasor</i>, Richards., family
<i>Percidae</i>; also called <i>Red-Perch</i>. See
<i>Perch</i>. It occurs in Tasmania, New Zealand, and Port
Jackson. It is called <i>Barber</i> from the shape of the
<i>praeoperculum</i>, one of the bones of the head. See
quotation.

1841. John Richardson, `Description of Australian Fish,' p. 73:

"<i>Serranus Rasor</i>.-- Tasmanian Barber. . . . The
serrature of the preoperculum is the most obvious and general
character by which the very numerous Serrani are connected with
each other . . . The Van Diemen's Land fish, which is described
below, is one of the `Barbers,' a fact which the specific
appellation <i>rasor</i> is intended to indicate; the more
classical word having been previously appropriated to another
species. . . Mr. Lempriere states that it is known locally as
the `red perch or shad.'"

[Richardson also says that Cuvier founded a subdivision of the
<i>Serrani</i> on the characters of the scales of the jaws,
under the name of `les Barbiers,' which had been previously
grouped by Block under the title <i>Anthias</i>.]

<hw>Barcoo-grass</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian grass,
<i>Anthistiria membranacea</i>, Lindl. One of the best pasture
grasses in Queensland, but growing in other colonies also.

<hw>Barcoo Rot</hw>, <i>n.</i> a disease affecting inhabitants
of various parts of the interior of Australia, but chiefly
bushmen. It consists of persistent ulceration of the skin,
chiefly on the back of the hands, and often o