elery-topped pines,'
and was discovered by Banks and Solander during Cook's first
voyage."

<hw>Centaury, Native</hw>, <i>n</i>. a plant, <i>Erythraea
australis</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Gentianeae</i>. In New South
Wales this Australian Centaury has been found useful in
dysentery by Dr. Woolls.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 175:

"Native centaury . . . is useful as a tonic medicine, especially
in diarrhoea and dysentery. The whole plant is used and is
pleasantly bitter. It is common enough in grass-land, and
appears to be increasing in popularity as a domestic remedy."

<hw>Centralia</hw>, <i>n</i>. a proposed name for the colony
<i>South Australia</i> ,(q.v.).

1896. J. S. Laurie, `Story of Australasia,' p. 299:

"For telegraphic, postal, and general purposes one word is
desirable for a name--e.g. why not Centralia; for West
Australia, Westralia; for New South Wales, Eastralia?"

<hw>Cereopsis</hw>, <i>n</i>. scientific name of the genus
of the bird peculiar to Australia, called the <i>Cake Barren
Goose</i>. See <i>Goose</i>. The word is from Grk.
<i>kaeros</i>, wax, and <i>'opsis</i>, face, and was given
from the peculiarities of the bird's beak. The genus is
confined to Australia, and <i>Cereopsis novae-hollandiae</i>
is the only species known. The bird was noticed by the early
voyagers to Australia, and was extraordinarily tame when first
discovered.

<hw>Channel-Bill</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to a bird
resembling a large cuckoo, <i>Scythrops novae-hollandiae</i>,
Lath. See <i>Scythrops</i>.

<hw>Cheesewood</hw>, <i>n</i>. a tree, so-called in Victoria (it
is also called <i>Whitewood</i> and <i>Waddywood</i> in Tasmania),
<i>Pittosporum bicolor</i>, Hook., <i>N.O. Pittosporeae</i>.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 588:

"Cheesewood is yellowish-white, very hard, and of uniform
texture and colour. It was once used for clubs by the
aboriginals of Tasmania. It turns well, and should be tested
for wood engraving. (`Jurors' Reports, London International
Exhibition of 1862.') It is much esteemed for axe-handles,
billiard-cues, etc."

<hw>Cherry, Herbert River</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Queensland tree,
<i>Antidesma dallachyanum</i>, Baill., <i>N.O. Euphorbiaceae</i>.
The fruit is equal to a large cherry in size, and has a sharp acid
flavour.

<hw>Cherry, Native</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian tree,
<i>Exocarpus cupressiformis</i>, R. Br.,
<i>N.O. Santalaceae</i>.

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