nderful."

1889. Cassell's' Picturesque Australasia,' vol. iv. p. 178:

"The gold had not been handed over to the Commissioner at all,
but was planted somewhere in the tent."

1893. `The Age,' May 9, p. 5, col. 4:

"A panic-smitten lady plants her money."

[Title of short article giving an account of an old lady during
the bank panic concealing her money in the ground and being
unable to find it.]

<hw>Plantain, Native</hw>, an Australian fodder plant,
<i>Plantago varia</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Plantagineae</i>.

<hw>Plant-Caterpillar</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given in Australasia
to species of caterpillars which are attacked by spores of
certain fungi; when chrysalating in the earth the fungus grows
inside the body of the caterpillar, kills the latter, and then
forces its way out between the head joints, and sends an
upgrowth which projects beyond the surface of the ground and
gives rise to fresh spores. Many examples are known, of which
the more common are--<i>Cordyceps robertsii</i>, Hook., in New
Zealand; <i>Cordyceps gunnii</i>, Berk, in Tasmania;
<i>Cordyceps taylori</i>, Berk, in Australia. See
<i>Aweto</i>.

1892. M. C. Cooke, `Vegetable Wasps and Plant Worms,'
p. 139:

"The New Zealanders' name for this plant-caterpillar is
`Hotete,' `Aweto,' `Weri,' and `Anuhe.'. . The interior of the
insect becomes completely filled by the inner plant, orthallus
(mycelium): after which the growing head of the outer plant or
fungus, passing to a state of maturity, usually forces its way
out through the tissue of the joint between the head and the
first segment of the thorax . . . it is stated that this
caterpillar settles head upward to undergo its change, when the
vegetable developes /sic/ itself."

<hw>Planter</hw>, <i>n</i>. a cattle-thief, so called from
hiding the stolen cattle.

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xxv. p. 352:

"What's a little money . . . if your children grow up
duffers [sc. cattle-duffers, q.v.] and planters?"

<hw>Platycercus</hw>, <i>n</i>. scientific name of a genus of
Parrakeets, represented by many species. The word is from the
shape of the tail. (Grk. <i>platus</i>, broad, and
<i>kerkos</i>, tail.) The genus is distributed from the Malay
Archipelago to the Islands of the Pacific. The name was first
given by Vigors and Horsfield in 1825.

See <i>Parrakeet</i> and <i>Rosella</i>.

<hw>Platypus</hw>, <i>n</i>. a remarkable <i>Monotreme</i>
(q.v.), in shape like