eissn.
<i>G. calycium</i>, Benth.
<i>G. obovatum</i>, Benth.
<i>G. oxylobioides</i>, Benth.
<i>G. spinosum</i>, Benth.
<i>G. trilobum</i>, Benth.

All of which are confined to Western Australia. The species
<i>Gastrolobium grandiflorum</i>, F. v. M. (also called
<i>Wall-flower</i>), is the only species found out of Western
Australia, and extends across Central Australia to Queensland.
All the species have pretty yellow and purple flowers. The
name is from the Greek <i>gastaer, gastros</i>, the belly,
and <i>lobion</i>, dim. of <i>lobos</i>, "the capsule or pod
of leguminous plants." (`L. & S.')

<hw>Geebung</hw>, or <hw>Geebong</hw>, <i>n.</i> aboriginal
name for the fruit of various species of the tree
<i>Persoonia</i>, and also for the tree itself,
<i>N.O. Proteaceae</i>.

1827. P. Cunningham, `Two Years in New South Wales,' vol. i.
p. 221:

"The jibbong is another tasteless fruit, as well as the five
corners, much relished by children."

1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition, p. 478:

"We gathered and ate a great quantity of gibong (the ripe fruit
of Persoonia falcata)."

1852. G. C. Mundy, `Our Antipodes,' c. vi,. p. 176, 3rd
edition 1855:

"The geebung, a native plum, very woolly and tasteless."

1885. R. M. Praed, `Australian Life,' p. 113:

"We gathered the wild raspberries, and mingling them with
geebongs and scrub berries, set forth a dessert."

1885. Rolf Boldrewood, `Robbery under Arms,' p. 255:

"You won't turn a five-corner into a quince, or a geebung into
an orange."

1889. J. M. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 584:

"A `geebung' (the name given to the fruits of <i>Persoonias</i>,
and hence to the trees themselves)."

<hw>Gerygone</hw>, <i>n.</i> scientific and vernacular name of
a genus of small warblers of Australia and New Zealand; the new
name for them is <i>Fly-eater</i> (q.v.). In New Zealand they
are called <i>Bush-warblers</i>, <i>Grey-warblers</i>, etc.,
and they also go there by their Maori name of <i>Riro-riro</i>.
For the species, see <i>Fly-eater</i> and <i>Warbler</i>. The
name is from the Greek <i>gerugonae</i>, "born of sound," a word
used by Theocritus.

1895. W. O. Legge, `Australasian Association for the
Advancement of Science' (Brisbane), p. 447:

"[The habits and habitats of the genus] <i>Gerygone</i>
suggested the term Fly-<i>eater</i>, as distinguished from
Fly-<i>catcher</i>, for this aberrant and peculiarly
Australasian form of