ender tree, 100 feet high. Wood
handsome, mottled red and brown, used for furniture and
shingles, and for fencing, as it splits easily. It is a most
valuable veneering wood."

<hw>Reward-Claim</hw>, <i>n</i>. the Australian legal term for
the large area granted as a "reward" to the miner who first
discovers valuable gold in a new district, and reports it to
the Warden of the Goldfields. The first great discovery of
gold in Coolgardie was made by Bayley in 1893, and his
reward-claim, sold to a syndicate, was known as "Bayley's
Reward." See also <i>Prospecting Claim</i>, and <i>Claim</i>.

1891. W. Tilley, `Wild West of Tasmania,' p. 11:

"Prospected with the result that he discovered the first
payable gold on the West Coast, for which he obtained
a reward claim."

<hw>Rhipidura</hw>, <i>n</i>. scientific name for a genus of
Australasian birds, called <i>Fantail</i> (q.v.). They are
Fly-catchers. The word is from Grk. <i>rhipidos</i>, `of a
fan,' and <i>'oura</i>, `a tail.'

<hw>Ribbed Fig</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Fig</i>.

<hw>Ribbonwood</hw>, <i>n</i>. All species of
<i>Plagianthus</i> and <i>Hoheria</i> are to the colonists
<i>Ribbonwood</i>, especially <i>Plagianthus betulinus</i>,
A. Cunn., and <i>Hoheria populnea</i>, A. Cunn., the bark of
which is used for cordage, and was once used for making a
demulcent drink. Alpine Ribbon-wood, <i>Plagianthus
lyalli</i>, Hook. Other popular names are <i>Houhere</i>,
<i>Houi</i> (Maori), <i>Lace-bark</i> (q.v.), and
<i>Thousand-Jacket</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Ribgrass</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Tasmanian name for the <i>Native
Plantain</i>. See <i>Plantain</i>.

<hw>Rice-flower</hw>, <i>n</i>. a gardeners' name for the
cultivated species of <i>Pimalea</i> (q.v.). The
<i>Rice-flowers</i> are beautiful evergreens about three feet
high, and bear rose-coloured, white, and yellow blooms.

<hw>Rice-shell</hw>, <i>n</i>. The name is applied elsewhere
to various shells; in Australia it denotes the shell of various
species of <i>Truncatella</i>, a small marine mollusc, so
called from a supposed resemblance to grains of rice,
and used for necklaces.

<hw>Richea</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Tasmanian <i>Grasstree</i> (q.v.),
<i>Richea pandanifolia</i>, Hook., <i>N.O. Liliaceae</i>.

1850. `Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Van
Diemen's Land,' May 8, vol. i. p. 278:

"A section . . . of the stem of the graceful palm-like Richea
(<i>Richea pandanifolia</i>), found in the