p and the point like a bayonet, a Spaniard. One
could not but be amused to find the name Scotchman applied to a
smaller kind of Spaniard."

<hw>Wild Parsnip</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Parsnip</i>.

<hw>Wild Rosemary</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Rosemary</i>.

<hw>Wild Turkey</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Turkey</i>.

<hw>Wild Yam</hw>, <i>n</i>. a parasitic orchid, <i>Gastrodia
sesamoides</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Orchideae</i>.

<hw>Wilga</hw>, <i>n</i>. a tree. Called also <i>Dogwood</i>
and <i>Willow</i>, <i>Geijera parviflora</i>, Lindl.,
<i>N.O. Rutaceae</i>. Adopted by the colonists from the
aboriginal name.

1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Sydney-side Saxon,' p. 123:

"We rode out through a wilga scrub."

(p. 230): "She'd like to be buried there--under a spreading
wilga tree."

<hw>Willow Myrtle</hw>, <i>n</i>. a tree, <i>Agonis
flexuosa</i>, De C., <i>N.O. Myrtaceae</i>, with willow-like
leaves and pendent branches, native of West Australia, and
cultivated for ornament as a greenhouse shrub.

<hw>Willow, Native</hw>, <i>n</i>. i.q. <i>Boobialla</i>
(q.v.), and also another name for the <i>Poison-berry Tree</i>
(q.v.).

<hw>Willy-Wagtail</hw>, <i>n</i>. i.q. <i>Wagtail</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Willy Willy</hw>, <i>n</i>. native name for a storm on
North-west of Australia.

1894. `The Age,' Jan. 20, p. 13, col. 4 [Letter by `Bengalee']:

"Seeing in your issue of this morning a telegraphic report of a
`willy willy' in the north-west portion of West Australia, it
may be of interest to hear a little about these terrific storms
of wind and rain. The portion of the western coast most
severely visited by these scourges is said to be between the
North-wet Cape and Roebuck Bay; they sometimes reach as far
south as Carnarvon and north as far as Derby. The approach of
one of these storms is generally heralded by a day or too of
hot, oppressive weather, and a peculiar haze. Those having
barometers are warned of atmospheric disturbances; at other
times they come up very suddenly. The immense watercourses to
be seen in the north-west country, the bed of the Yule River,
near Roebourne, for instance, and many other large creeks and
rivers, prove the terrible force and volume of water that falls
during the continuance of one of these storms. The bed of the
Yule River is fully a mile wide, and the flood marks on some of
the trees are sufficient proof of the immense floods that
sometimes occur. Even in sheltered creeks and harbours