uch as the common scrub wallaby
(<i>Macropus ualabatus</i>) of Victoria. The wallaroo is
stouter and heavier in build, its fur thicker and coarser,
and the structure of its skull is different from that of an
ordinary wallaby."

<hw>Wallflower, Native</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Tasmanian name for
<i>Pultenaea subumbellata</i>, Hook., <i>N.O. Leguminosae</i>.
In Australia, used as another name for one of the <i>Poison-
Bushes</i> (q-v.).

<hw>Wandoo</hw>, <i>n</i>. Western Australian aboriginal
word for the <i>White Gum-tree</i> of Western Australia,
<i>Eucalyptus redunca</i>, Schauer, <i>N.O. Myrtaceae</i>.
It has a trunk sometimes attaining seventeen feet in diameter,
and yields a hard durable wood highly prized by wheelwrights.

<hw>Waratah</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian flower. There are
three species, belonging to the genus <i>Telopea</i>,
<i>N.O. Proteaceae</i>. The New South Wales species,
<i>T. speciosissima</i>, R. Br., forms a small shrub
growing on hill-sides, as does also the Tasmanian species,
<i>T. truncata</i>, R. Br.; the Victorian species,
<i>T. oreades</i>, F. v. M., called the <i>Gippsland
Waratah</i>, grows to a height of fifty feet. It has a bright
crimson flower about three inches in diameter, very regular.
Sometimes called the <i>Australian</i> or <i>Native Tulip</i>.
As emblematic of Australia, it figures on certain of the New
South Wales stamps and postcards. The generic name,
<i>Telopea</i> (q.v.), has been corrupted into <i>Tulip</i>
(q.v.). Its earliest scientific generic name was
<i>Embothrium</i>, Smith.

1793. E. Smith, `Specimen of Botany of New Holland,' p. 19:

"The most magnificent plant which the prolific soil of New
Holland affords is, by common consent both of Europeans and
Natives, the Waratah."

1801. Governor King, in `Historical Records of New South
Wales' (1896), vol, iv. p. 514 (a Letter to Sir Joseph Banks):

"I have also sent in the Albion a box of waratahs, and the
earth is secured with the seed."

1802. D. Collins, `Account of New South Wales,' vol. ii.
p. 66:

"Bennillong assisted, placing the head of the corpse, near
which he stuck a beautiful war-ra-taw."

1830. R. Dawson, `Present State of Australia,' p. 98:

[Description, but not the name.]
"A plant called the gigantic lily also flourishes on the tops
of these mountains, in all its glory. Its stems, which are
jointy, are sometimes as large as a man's wrist, and ten feet
high, with a pink and scarlet