real
name is <i>Myristica insipida</i>. The name owes its
existence to the similarity of the fruit to the real cardamom.
But the fruit of the <i>Myristica has</i> not so strong and
pleasant an odour as the real cardamom, and hence the tree is
called <i>insipida</i>."

<hw>Carp</hw>, <i>n</i>. The English fish is of the family
<i>Cyprinidae</i>. The name is given to different fishes in
Ireland and elsewhere. In Sydney it is <i>Chilodactylus
fuscus</i>, Castln., and <i>Chilodactylus macropterus</i>,
Richards.; called also <i>Morwong</i> (q.v.). The <i>Murray
Carp</i> is <i>Murrayia cyprinoides</i>, Castln., a percoid
fish. <i>Chilodactylis</i> belongs to the family
<i>Cirrhitidae</i>, in no way allied to <i>Cyprinidae</i>,
which contains the European carps. <i>Cirrhitidae</i>, says
Guenther, may be readily recognized by their thickened
undivided lower pectoral rays, which in some are evidently
auxiliary organs of locomotion, in others, probably, organs of
touch.

<hw>Carpet-Shark</hw>, <i>n</i>. i.q. <i>Wobbegong</i> (q.v.)

<hw>Carpet-Snake</hw>, <i>n</i>. a large Australian snake with
a variegated skin, <i>Python variegata</i>, Gray. In
Whitworth's `Anglo-Indian Dictionary,' 1885 (s.v.), we are told
that the name is loosely applied (sc. in India) to any kind of
snake found in a dwelling-house other than a cobra or a dhaman.
In Tasmania, a venomous snake, <i>Hoplocephalus curtus</i>,
Schlegel. See under <i>Snake</i>.

<hw>Carrier</hw>, <i>n</i>. a local name for a water-bag.

1893. A. F. Calvert, `English Illustrated,' Feb., p. 321:

"For the water-holders or `carriers' (made to fit the bodies of
the horses carrying them, or to `ride easily' on
pack-saddles)."

<hw>Carrot, Native</hw>, (1) <i>Daucus brachiatus</i>, Sieb.,
<i>N.O. Umbelliferae</i>. Not endemic in Australia.

1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 64:

"The native carrot . . . was here withered and in seed."

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 124:

"Native carrot. Stock are very fond of this plant when young.
Sheep thrive wonderfully on it where it is plentiful. It is a
small annual herbaceous plant, growing plentifully on sandhills
and rich soil; the seeds, locally termed `carrot burrs,' are
very injurious to wool, the hooked spines with which the seeds
are armed attaching themselves to the fleece, rendering
portions of it quite stiff and rigid. The common carrot
belongs, of course, to this genus, and