`Narrative of a Voyage to India,' p. 17:

". . . they have a short club made of iron wood, called a
waday, and a scimeter made of the same wood."

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 579:

"`Ironwood' and `Heartwood' of Tasmania; `Spurious Olive,'
`White Plum' of Gippsland. An exceedingly hard, close-grained
wood, used for mallets, sheaves of blocks, turnery, etc. The
heartwood yields a very peculiar figure ; it is a very fair
substitute for lignum-vitae."

<hw>Irriakura</hw>, <i>n</i>. an aboriginal name for the tubers
of <i>Cyperus rotundus</i>, Linn., <i>N.O. Cyperaceae</i>,
adopted by white men in Central Australia.

1896. E. C. Stirling, `Home Expedition in Central
Australia,' Anthropology, p. 60:

"<i>Cyperus rotundus</i>. In almost every camp we saw large
quantities of the tunicated tubes of this plant, which are
generally called `Erriakura' or `Irriakura' by the Arunta
natives. . . Even raw they are pleasant to the taste, having
an agreeable nutty flavour, which is much improved by the
slight roasting."

<hw>Ivory-wood</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian timber,
<i>Siphonodon australe</i>, Benth., <i>N.O. Celastrinae</i>.

<hw>Ivy</hw>, <i>n</i>. a child's name for the ivy-leaf
geraniums, especially the double pink-flowered one called
Madame Kruse. In Australia the warm climate makes these all
evergreens, and they are trained over fences and walls,
sometimes to the height of twenty or thirty feet, supplanting
the English ivy in this use, and covered with masses of
flowers.

<hw>Ivy, Native</hw>, an Australian plant, <i>Muehlenbeckia
adpressa</i>, Meissn., <i>N.O. Polygonaceae</i>; called also
<i>Macquarie Harbour Vine</i>, or <i>Grape</i>. The name is
widely applied also to the acclimatised Cape Ivy, or German
Ivy (<i>Senecio scandens</i>).

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 46:

"`Native Ivy,' Macquarie Harbour Vine or Grape of Tasmania.
The currant-like fruits are sub-acid, and were, and perhaps
still are, used for tarts, puddings, and preserves; the leaves
taste like sorrel."

<hw>Ivy, Wild</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian creeper,
<i>Platylobium triangulare</i>, R. Br.,
<i>N.O. Leguminosae</i>.

<hw>Ivy-tree</hw>, <i>n</i>. New Zealand tree, genus
<i>Panax</i>, <i>N.O. Araliacae</i>; Maori name,
<i>Horoeka</i>. It is also called <i>Lancewood</i> (q.v.).

1883. J. Hector, `Handbook of New' Zealand,' p. 127:

"Horoeka, ivy-tree. an ornamental, slender, and
s