/i>.

The <i>Darling-Pea</i> (q.v.), or <i>Indigo-Plant</i> (q.v.),
has similar poisonous effects to the <i>Gastrolobium</i>.
These species of Gastrolobium go under the various names of
<i>Desert Poison-Bush</i>, <i>York-Road Poison-Bush</i>,
<i>Wallflower</i>; and the names of <i>Ellangowan
Poison-Bush</i> (Queensland), and <i>Dogswood Poison-Bush</i>
(New South Wales), are given to <i>Myoporum deserti</i>,
A. Cunn., <i>N.O. Myoporineae</i>, while another plant,
<i>Trema aspera</i>, Blume., <i>N.O. Urticaceae</i>,
is called <i>Peach-leaved Poison-Bush</i>.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 129:

"These plants are dangerous to stock, and are hence called
`Poison Bushes.' Large numbers of cattle are lost annually in
Western Australia through eating them. The finest and strongest
animals are the first victims; a difficulty of breathing is
perceptible for a few minutes, when they stagger, drop down,
and all is over with them. . . . It appears to be that the
poison enters the circulation, and altogether stops the action
of the lungs and heart."

Ibid. p. 141:

"This plant [<i>S. greyana</i>] is reported to cause madness,
if not death itself, to horses. The poison seems to act on the
brain, for animals affected by it refuse to cross even a small
twig lying in their path, probably imagining it to be a great
log. Sometimes the poor creatures attempt to climb trees, or
commit other eccentricities."

<hw>Poison-Tree</hw>, or <hw>Poisonous Tree</hw>, <i>n</i>.
another name for the <i>Milky Mangrove</i>. See <i>Mangrove</i>.
The <i>Scrub Poison-Tree</i> is <i>Exsaecaria dallachyana</i>,
Baill., <i>N.O. Euphorbiaceae</i>.

<hw>Pomegranate, Native</hw>, <i>n</i>. another name for the
<i>Caper-tree</i>(q.v.).

<hw>Pomegranate, Small Native</hw>, <i>n</i>. another name for
the <i>Native Orange</i>. See <i>Orange</i>.

<hw>Pongo</hw>, <i>n</i>. aboriginal name for the
<i>Flying-Squirrel</i> (q.v.).

1888. Rolf Boldrewood, `Robbery under Arms,' p. 149:

"Then an old 'possum would sing out, or a black-furred
flying-squirrel--pongos, the blacks call `em--would come sailing
down from the top of an ironbark tree, with all his stern sails
spread, as the sailors say, and into the branches of another,
looking as big as an eagle-hawk."

<hw>Poor-Soldier</hw>, or <hw>Soldier-Bird</hw> (q.v.),
<i>n</i>. another name for the <i>Friar-bird</i> (q.v.),
and so named from its cry.

<hw>Poplar</hw>, <i>n</i>