1890. `The Argus,' June x6th, p. 6, col. 1:
"It may also be observed that in payable saddle formations a slide intersects the reef above the saddle coming from the west, and turning east with a wall of the east leg, where the leg of reef is observed to go down deeper, and to carry a greater amount of gold than in ordinary cases."
<hw>Legitimacy</hw>, <i>n</i>. See quotation. [Old and now unused slang.]
1827. P. Cunningham, `Two Years in New South Wales,' vol. i. p. 16:
"Legitimacy—a colonial term for designating the cause of the emigration of a certain portion of our population; i.e. having legal reasons for making the voyage."
[So also at p. 116, "Legitimates">[
<hw>Leguminous Ironbark</hw>, <i>n</i>. a name given by Leichhardt to the Queensland tree <i>Erythrophaeum laboucherii</i>, F. v. M., <i>N.O. Leguminosae</i>. See Ironbark.
<hw>Leichhardt</hw>, or <hw>Leichhardt-Tree</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian timber-tree, <i>Morinda citrifolia</i>, Linn., <i>N.O. Rubiaceae</i>; called also Canary-wood and Indian Mulberry. In Queensland, the name is applied to <i>Sarcocephalus cordatus</i>, Miq., <i>N.O. Rubiaceae</i>, a large timber-tree of North Queensland, much used in building.
1874. M. K. Beveridge, `Lost Life,' p. 40:
"Groaning beneath the friendly shade
That by a Leichhardt-tree was made."