Austral English / A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

by Edward Ellis Morris

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.).