endemic in Australia, and is
called "Persian Lilac "in India. In Tasmania the name of
<i>Native Lilac</i> is given to <i>Prostanthera
rotundifolia</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Labiatae</i>, and by
Mrs. Meredith to <i>Tetratheca juncea</i>, Smith, of the
Linnean Order, <i>Octandria</i>.

1793. J. E. Smith, `Specimen of Botany of New Holland,' p. 5:

"<i>Tetratheca juncea</i>, Rushy Tetratheca [with plate]."

1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. ii. p. 69:

"A little purple flower, which is equally common, so vividly
recalls to my mind, both by its scent and colour, an Old-World
favorite, that I always know it as the native Lilac
(<i>Tetratheca juncea</i>)."

<hw>Lily, Darling</hw>, <i>n</i>. a bulbous plant, <i>Crinum
flaccidum</i>, Herb., <i>N.O. Amaryllideae</i>; called also the
<i>Murray Lily</i>. (See <i>Lily, Murray</i>.)

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 20:

"The `Darling Lily.' This exceedingly handsome white-flowered
plant, which grows back from the Darling, has bulbs which yield
a fair arrowroot. On one occasion, near the town of Wilcannia,
a man earned a handsome sum by making this substance when flour
was all but unattainable."

<hw>Lily, Flax</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Flax-Lily</i>, and
<i>Flax, New Zealand</i>.

<hw>Lily, Giant</hw>-, or <hw>Spear</hw>-, <i>n</i>.
a fibre plant, <i>Doryanthes excelsa</i>, Corr.,
<i>N.O. Amaryllideae</i>.

1860. G. Bennett, `Gatherings of a Naturalist,' p. 339:

"The Doryanthes excelsa, a gigantic Lily of Australia, is a
magnificent plant, with a lofty flowering spike. The bunches
or clusters of crimson flowers are situated in the summit of
the flowering spike . . . The diameter of a cluster of
blossoms is about 14 inches . . . The flower-buds are of a
brilliant crimson, and the anthers of the stamens are, in the
recently expanded flower, of a dark-green colour."

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 621:

"`Spear Lily.' `Giant Lily.' The leaves are a mass of fibre,
of great strength, which admits of preparation either by
boiling or maceration, no perceptible difference as to quality
or colour being apparent after heckling. Suitable for brush
making, matting, etc."

<hw>Lily, Gordon</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Tasmanian plant
and its flower, <i>Blandfordia marginata</i>, Herb.,
<i>N.O. Liliaceae</i>, and other species of
<i>Blandfordia</i> (q.v.).

1835. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 72:

"Blandfordia nobilis. This