d by J. D. Lang, `Cooksland,'
p. 328:

"Plains with groves or thickets of the raspberry-jam-tree."

1846. J. L. Stokes, `Discoveries in Australia,' vol. ii.
c. iv. p. 132:

"Raspberry-jam . . . acacia sweet-scented, grown on good
ground."

1865. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `History of the Discovery and
Exploration of Australia,' vol. ii. p. 68:

"The other trees besides the palm were known to the men by
colonial appellations, such as the bloodwood and the
raspberry-jam. The origin of the latter name, let me inform my
readers, has no connection whatever with any produce from the
tree."

1896. `The Australasian,' Feb. 15, p. 313:

"The raspberry-jam-tree is so called on account of the strong
aroma of raspberries given out when a portion is broken."

[On the same page is an illustration of these trees growing
near Perth, Western Australia.]

<hw>Rasp-pod</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to a large Australian
tree, <i>Flindersia australis</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O.
Meliaceae</i>.

<hw>Rat</hw>, <i>n</i>. True Rodents are represented in
Australia and Tasmania by six genera; viz., <i>Mus</i>,
<i>Conilurus (= Hapalotis</i>), <i>Xeromys, Hydromys,
Mastacomys</i>, <i>Uromys</i>, of which the five latter
are confined to the Australian Region.

The genus <i>Hydromys</i> contains the <i>Eastern Water
Rat</i>, sometimes called the <i>Beaver Rat</i> (<i>Hydromys
chrysogaster</i>, Geoffroy), and the <i>Western Water Rat</i>
(<i>H. fulvolavatus</i>, Gould).

<i>Conilurus</i> contains the <i>Jerboa Rats</i> (q.v.).

<i>Xeromys</i> contains a single species, confined to
Queensland, and called <i>Thomas' Rat</i> (<i>Xeromys
myoides</i>, Thomas).

<i>Mastacomys</i> contains one species, the <i>Broad-toothed
Rat</i> (<i>M. fuscus</i>, Thomas), found alive only in
Tasmania, and fossil in New South Wales.

<i>Uromys</i> contains two species, the <i>Giant Rat</i>
(<i>U. macropus</i>, Gray), and the <i>Buff-footed Rat</i>
(<i>U. cervinipes</i>, Gould).

<i>Mus</i> contains twenty-seven species, widely distributed
over the Continent and Tasmania.

1851. `Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Van
Diemen's Land,' vol. i. p. 301:

"The Secretary read the following extracts from a letter of the
Rev. W. Colenso to Ronald C. Gunn, Esq., of Launceston, dated
Waitangi, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, 4th September, 1850:--
`I have procured two specimens of the ancient, and all
but quite extinct, New Zealand Rat, which until just