. In Queensland, a timber-tree,
<i>Carumbium populifolium</i>, Reinw.,
<i>N.O. Euphorbiaceae</i>. In Central Australia,
the <i>Radish-tree</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Poplar-Box</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Box</i>.

<hw>Poplar-leaved Gum</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Gum</i>.

<hw>Porangi</hw>, <i>adj</i>. Maori word for <i>sad,
sorry</i>, or <i>sick</i>; <i>cranky</i>.

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,'
vol. i. p. 137:

"The combatants . . . took especial pains to tell us that
it was no fault of ours, but the porangi or `foolishness'
of the Maori."

Ibid. vol. ii. p. 238:

"Watanui said E Abu was porangi, `a fool.'"

1872. A. Domett, `Ranolf,' p. 435:

"`Twas nothing--he was not to mind her--she
Was foolish--was `<i>porangi</i>'--and would be
Better directly--and her tears she dried."

1882. R. C. Barstow, `Transactions of New Zealand
Institute,' vol. xv. art. liii. p. 423:

"A man who told such marvellous stories that he was deemed
to be porangi or insane."

<hw>Porcupine, Ant-eating</hw>, i.q. <i>Echidna</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Porcupine-Bird</hw>, <i>n</i>. a bird inhabiting the
<i>Porcupine-Grass</i> (q.v.) of Central Australia; the
<i>Striated Grass Wren</i>, <i>Amytis striata</i>, Gould.
See <i>Wren</i>.

1886. G. A. Keartland, `Horne Expedition in Central
Australia,' Part ii. Zoology, <i>Aves</i>, p. 79:

"<i>Amytis Striata</i>, Gould. Striated Wren. . . . They
are found almost throughout Central Australia wherever the
porcupine grass abounds, so much so, that they are generally
known as the `Porcupine bird.'"

<hw>Porcupine-Fish</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to several
species of the genus <i>Diodon</i>, family <i>Gymnodontes</i>,
poisonous fishes; also to <i>Dicotylichthys punctulatus</i>,
Kaup., an allied fish 1n which the spines are not erectile as
in <i>Diodon</i>, but are stiff and immovable.
<i>Chilomycterus jaculiferus</i>, Cuv., another species, has
also stiff spines, and <i>Atopomycterus nycthemerus</i>, Cuv.,
has erectile spines. See <i>Toad-fish</i> and
<i>Globe-fish</i>.

<hw>Porcupine-Grass</hw>, <i>n</i>. the name given to certain
species of <i>Triodia</i>, of which the more important are
<i>T. mitchelli</i>, Benth., <i>T. pungens</i>, R. Br., and
<i>T. irritans</i>, R. Br. This grass forms rounded tussocks,
growing especially on the sand-hills of the desert parts of
Australia, which may reach the size of nine or ten feet in
diameter. The leaves when dry form stiff, s