>P. xanthopus</i>, Gray.

See <i>Wallaby</i>.

1884. Rolf Boldrewood, `Melbourne Memories,' c. viii. p. 58:

"A light, active chap, spinning over the stones like a rock
wallaby."

1888. Rolf Boldrewood, `Robbery under Arms,' p. 119:

"They rode and rode, but Warrigal was gone like a rock
wallaby."

1894. R. Lydekker, `Marsupialia,' p. 43:

"The Rock-Wallabies are confined to the mainland of Australia,
on which they are generally distributed, but are unknown in
Tasmania. Although closely allied to the true Wallabies, their
habits are markedly distinct, the Rock-Wallabies frequenting
rugged, rocky districts, instead of the open plains."

<hw>Roger Gough</hw>, <i>n</i>. an absurd name given to the
tree <i>Baloghia lucida</i>, Endl., <i>N.O. Euphorbiaceae</i>.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 382:

"Scrub, or brush bloodwood, called also `Roger Gough.'"

1896. `The Australasian,' Aug. 28, p. 407, col. 5:

"Who were Messrs. James Donnelly, James Low, and Roger Gough
that their names should have been bestowed on trees? Were they
growers or buyers of timber? Was the first of the list any
relative of the Minnesota lawyer who holds strange views about
a great cryptogram in Shakespeare's plays? Was the last of the
three any relative of the eminent soldier who won the battles
of Sobraon and Ferozeshah? Or, as is more probable, were the
names mere corruptions of aboriginal words now lost?"

<hw>Roll up</hw>, <i>v. intr</i>. to gather, to assemble.

1887. J. Farrell, `How he died,' p. 26:

"The miners all rolled up to see the fun."

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. xx. p. 185:

"At the Warraluen and other gold towns, time after time the
ominous words `roll up' had sounded forth, generally followed
by the gathering of a mighty crowd."

<hw>Roll-up</hw>, <i>n</i>. a meeting. See preceding verb.

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. xxxv. p. 308:

"Making as much noise as if you'd hired the bell-man for a
roll-up?"

<hw>Roly-poly Grass</hw>, or <i>Roley-poley</i>, <i>n</i>.
name given to <i>Panicum macractinium</i>, Benth.,
<i>N.O. Gramineae</i>; and also to <i>Salsola Kali</i>,
Linn., <i>N.O. Salsolaceae</i>. See <i>Grass</i>.

1859. D. Bunce, `Travels with Dr. Leichhardt in Australia,'
pp. 167-8:

"Very common to these plains, was a large-growing
<i>salsolaceous</i> plant, belonging to the
<i>Chenopodeaceae</i>, of Jussieu. These weeds grow in the
form