Victoria, was introduced from the Cape
of Good Hope, as a fodder plant. It is an annual, flowering
in the spring, and giving a bright golden hue to the fields.
It proves destructive to other herbs and grasses, and though
it affords a nutritious food for stock in the spring, it dies
off in the middle of summer, after ripening its seeds, leaving
the fields quite bare."

<hw>Caper-tree</hw>, <i>n</i>. The Australian tree of this name
is <i>Capparis nobilis</i>, F. v. M., <i>N.O. Capparideae</i>.
The <i>Karum</i> of the Queensland aboriginals. The fruit is
one to two inches in diameter. Called also <i>Grey Plum</i> or
<i>Native Pomegranate</i>. The name is also given to
<i>Capparis Mitchelli</i>, Lindl. The European caper is
<i>Capparis spinosa</i>, Linn.

1894. `Melbourne Museum Catalogue, Economic Woods,' p. 10:

"Native Caper Tree or Wild Pomegranate. Natural Order,
<i>Capparideae.</i> Found in the Mallee Scrub. A small tree.
The wood is whitish, hard, close-grained, and suitable for
engraving, carving, and similar purposes. Strongly resembles
lancewood."

<hw>Captain Cook</hw>, or <hw>Cooker</hw>, <i>n</i>. New
Zealand colonists' slang. First applied to the wild pigs of
New Zealand, supposed to be descended from those first
introduced by Captain Cook; afterwards used as term of reproach
for any pig which, like the wild variety, obstinately refused
to fatten. See <i>Introduction</i>.

1879. W. Quin, `New Zealand Country Journal,' vol. iii. p. 55:

"Many a rare old tusker finds a home in the mountain gorges.
The immense tusks at Brooksdale attest the size of the wild
boars or Captain Cooks, as the patriarchs are generally named."

1894. E. Wakefield, `New Zealand after Fifty Years,' p. 85:

"The leanness and roughness of the wild pig gives it quite a
different appearance from the domesticated variety; and hence a
gaunt, ill-shaped, or sorry-looking pig is everywhere called in
derision a `Captain Cook.'"

<hw>Carbora</hw>, <i>n</i>. aboriginal name for (1) the
<i>Native Bear</i>. See <i>Bear</i>.

(2) A kind of water worm that eats into timber between high and
low water on a tidal river.

<hw>Cardamom</hw>, <i>n</i>. For the Australian tree of this
name, see quotation.

1890. C. Lumholtz,' Among Cannibals,' p. 96:

"The Australian cardamom tree." [Footnote]: "This is a
fictitious name, as are the names of many Australian plants and
animals. The tree belongs to the nutmeg family, and its