; but, although the latter species has been reported as
existing in Tasmanian waters, it is most probably a mistake:
for the two varieties (the red and the white), found in such
abundance here, have the general characters as shown
above. . . They must be referred to the <i>Latris Forsteri</i>
of Count Castelnau, which appears to be the bastard trumpeter
of Victorian waters."

<hw>Bat-fish</hw>, <i>n</i>. The name in England is given to a
fish of the family <i>Maltheidae</i>. It is also applied to
the Flying Gurnard of the Atlantic and to the Californian
Sting-ray. In Australia, and chiefly in New South Wales, it is
applied to <i>Psettus argenteus</i>, Linn., family
<i>Carangidae</i>, or Horse Mackerels. Guenther says that the
"Sea Bats," which belong to the closely allied genus
<i>Platax</i>, are called so from the extraordinary length of
some portion of their dorsal and anal fins and of their
ventrals.

<hw>Bathurst Bur</hw>, <i>n</i>. Explained in quotation.

1855. W. Howitt, `Two Years in Victoria,' vol. i. p. 261:

"The Bathurst bur (<i>Xanthium spinosuzn</i>), a plant with
long triple spines like the barbary, and burs which are ruinous
to the wool of the sheep--otherwise, itself very like a
chenopodium, or good-fat-hen."

<hw>Bats-wing-coral</hw>, <i>n</i>. the Australian wood
<i>Erythrina vespertilio</i>, Bentham, <i>N.O. Leguminosae</i>.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 426:

"Batswing Coral. . . .The wood is soft, and used by the
aborigines for making their `heilamans,' or shields. It is
exceedingly light and spongy, and of the greatest difficulty to
work up to get anything like a surface for polishing."

<hw>Bauera</hw>, <i>n</i>. a shrub, <i>Bauera rubioides</i>,
Andr., <i>N.O. Saxifrageae</i>, the <i>Scrub Vine</i>, or
<i>Native Rose</i>; commonly called in Tasmania "Bauera,"and
celebrated for forming impenetrable thickets in conjunction
with "cutting grass," <i>Cladium psittacorum</i>, Labill.

1835. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 70:

"Bauera rubiaefolia. Madder leaved Bauera. A pretty little
plant with pink flowers. This genus is named after the
celebrated German draughtsman, whose splendid works are yet
unrivalled in the art, especially of the Australian plants
which he depicted in his voyage round New Holland with
Capt. Flinders in the Investigator."

1888. R. M. Johnston, `Geology of Tasmania,' Intro. p. vi.:

"The Bauera scrub . . . is a tiny, beautiful sh