ious parts of the world. The name, in Australia, is given
to <i>Backhousia myrtifolia</i>, Hook. and Harv., <i>N.O.
Myrtaceae</i>; and in New Zealand, to <i>Panax crassifolium</i>,
Dec. and Plan., <i>N.O. Araliaceae</i>, known as <i>Ivy-
tree</i>, and by the Maori name of <i>Horoeka</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Landsborough Grass</hw>, <i>n</i>. a valuable Queensland
fodder grass of a reddish colour, <i>Anthistiria
membranacea</i>, Lindl., <i>N.O. Gramineae</i>.
See <i>Grass</i>.

<hw>Lantern, Ballarat</hw>, <i>n</i>. a local term.
See quotation.

1875. Wood and Lapham, `Waiting for the Mail,' p. 21:

"I may explain that a `Ballarat Lantern' is formed by knocking
off the bottom of a bottle, and putting a candle in the neck."

<hw>Lark</hw>, <i>n</i>. common English bird name.
The Australian species are--

Brown Song Lark--
<i>Cincloramphus cruralis</i>, Vig. and Hors.

Bush L.--
<i>Mirafra horsfieldii</i>, Gould.

Field L.--
<i>Calamanthus campestris</i>, Gould.

Ground L.--
<i>Anthus australis</i>, Vig. and Hors. (Australian Pipit),
<i>A. novae-zelandae</i>, Gray (New Zealand Pipit).

Lesser Bush L.--
<i>Mirafra secunda</i>, Sharpe.

Little Field L.--
<i>Cathonicola sagittata</i>, Lath.

Magpie L.--
<i>Grallina picata</i>, Lath.; see <i>Magpie-Lark</i>.

Rufous Song L.--
<i>Cincloramphus rufescens</i>, Vig. and Hors.

Striated Field L.--
<i>Calamanthus fuliginosus</i>, Vig. and Hors.

See <i>Ground-Lark</i>, <i>Sand-Lark</i>, <i>Pipit</i>, and
<i>Magpie-Lark</i>.

<hw>Larrikin</hw>, <i>n</i>. The word has various shades of
meaning between a playful youngster and a blackguardly rough.
Little streetboys are often in a kindly way called <i>little
larrikins</i>. (See quotations, 1870 and 1885.) Archibald
Forbes described the larrikin as "a cross between the Street
Arab and the Hoodlum, with a dash of the Rough thrown in to
improve the mixture." (`Century.) The most exalted position
yet reached in literature by this word is in Sir Richard
Burton's `Translation of the Arabian Nights' (1886-7),
vol. i. p. 4, <i>Story of the Larrikin and the Cook</i>;
vol. iv. p. 281, <i>Tale of First Larrikin</i>. The previous
translator, Jonathan Scott, had rendered the Arabic word,
<i>Sharper</i>.

There are three views as to the origin of the word, viz.--

(1) That it is a phonetic spelling of the broad Irish
pronunciation, with a trilled <i>r</i> of the word
<i>larking</i>. The story goes that a