Australian species are--

Blue-winged Parrakeet
<i>Euphema aurantia</i>, Gould.

Bourke's P.--
<i>E. bourkii</i>, Gould.

Grass-P.--
<i>E. elegans</i>, Gould.

Orange-bellied P.--
<i>E. chrysogastra</i>, Lath.

Orange-throated P.--
<i>E. splendida</i>, Gould.

Red-shouldered P.--
<i>E. pulchella</i>, Shaw.

Warbling Grass-P.--
Gould's name for <i>Budgerigar</i> (q.v.).

See also <i>Rock-Parrakeet (Euphema petrophila</i>, Gould),
which is sometimes classed as a <i>Grass-Parrakeet</i>.

<hw>Grass-tree</hw>, <i>n.</i> (2) The name applied to trees
of the genus <i>Xanthorrhoea, N.O. Liliaceae</i>, of which
thirteen species are known in Australia. See also
<i>Richea</i>.

(2) In New Zealand <i>Pseudopanax crassifolium</i>, Seemann,
<i>N.O. Araleaceae</i>. When young, this is the same as
<i>Umbrella-tree</i>, so called from its appearance like the
ribs of an umbrella. When older, it grows more straight and
is called <i>Lancewood</i> (q.v.).

(3) In Tasmania, besides two species of <i>Xanthorrhoea</i>
the <i>Grass-tree</i> of the mainland, the <i>Richea
dracophylla</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Epacrideae</i>, found on Mount
Wellington, near Hobart, is also known by that name, whilst
the <i>Richea pandanifolia</i>, Hook., found in the South-west
forests, is called the <i>Giant Grass-tree</i>. Both these are
peculiar to the island.

(4) An obsolete name for <i>Cordyline australis</i>, Hook.,
<i>N.O. Liliaceae</i>, now more usually called <i>Cabbage-
tree</i> (q.v.).

1802. D. Collins, `Account of New South Wales,'
vol. ii. p. 153:

"A grass tree grows here, similar in every respect to that
about Port Jackson."

1830. R. Dawson, `Present State of Australia,' p. 347:

"Yielding frequently a very weak and sour kind of grass,
interspersed with a species of bulrush called grass-trees,
which are universal signs of poverty.":

1833. C. Sturt, `Southern Australia,' Vol II. c. iii. p. 54:

"The grass-tree is not found westward of the mountains."

1839. T. L. Mitchell, `Three Expeditions,' vol. ii. p. 303:

"We approached a range of barren hills of clay slate, on which
grew the grass-tree (<i>Xanthorhoea</i>) and stunted eucalypti."

1862. H. C. Kendall, `Poems,' p. 74:

"The shimmering sunlight fell and kissed
The grass-tree's golden sheaves."

1867. F. Hochstetter, `New Zealand,' p. 132:

"Here and there, in moist places, arises isolated the
`grass-tree' or `cabbage-tree' (Ti of the na