y 21, 1810.
A ship being daily expected to arrive here from England with
female convicts, whom it is His Excellency the Governor's
intention to distribute among the settlers, as indented
servants. . . ."

<hw>Ink-plant</hw>, <i>n</i>. another name for the "toot,"
a New Zealand shrub, <i>Coriaria thymifolia</i>, <i>N.O.
Coriarieae</i>. Called Ink-plant on account of its juice,
which soon turns to black. There is also an European
Ink-plant, <i>Coriaria myrtifolia</i>, so that this is
only a different species.

<hw>Ironbark</hw>, <i>n</i>. Early settlers gave this name
to several large Eucalypts, from the hardness of their bark,
especially to <i>E. leucoxylon</i>, F. v. M., and
<i>E. resinifera</i>, Smith. In Queensland it is applied to
<i>E. siderophloia</i>, Benth. See also Leguminous Ironbark,
and Lemon-scented Ironbark.

1802. G. Barrington, `History of New South Wales,' c. viii.
p. 263:

"A species of gum-tree, the bark of which on the trunk is that
of the ironbark of Port Jackson."

1830. R. Dawson, `Present State of Australia,' p. 183:

"It was made out of a piece of bark from a tree called
ironbark (nearly as hard when dry as an English elm-board)."

1865. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `History of the Discovery
and Exploration of Australia,' vol. ii. p. 45:

"But this gradually changed to an ironbark (<i>Eucalyptus
resinifera</i>) and cypress-pine forest."

187. T. Laslett, `Timber and Timber Trees', p. 199:

"The Ironbark-tree (<i>Eucalyptus resinifera</i>) is . . .
widely spread over a large part of Australia. . . . A lofty
forest tree of moderate circumference. . . . It is believed to
have been named as above by some of the earliest Australian
settlers on account of the extreme hardness of its bark; but it
might with equal reason have been called ironwood. The wood is
of a deep red colour, very hard, heavy, strong, extremely
rigid, and rather difficult to work . . . used extensively in
shipbuilding and engineering works in Australia; and in this
country (England) it is employed in the mercantile navy for
beams, keelsons, and . . . below the line of flotation."

1883. G. W. Rusden, `History of Australia,' vol. i. p. 77:

"The ironbark (<i>Eucalyptus sideroxylon</i>) became from its
durability a synonym for toughness."

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. xxvii. p. 248:

"The corrugated stems of the great ironbark trees stood black
and columnar."

1893. `The Age,' May 11,