<hw>Passion-flower, Native</hw>, <i>n</i>. Several species of the genus <i>Passiflora</i> are so called in Australia; some are indigenous, some naturalised.
1859. H. Kingsley, `Geoffrey Hamlyn,' p. 398:
"The native passion-flower, scarlet and orange, was tangled up with the common purple sarsaparilla and the English honeysuckle and jessamine."
<hw>Pastoralist</hw>, <i>n</i>. The squatters are dropping their old name for this new one. A Pastoralist is a sheep or cattle-farmer, the distinction between him and an Agriculturist being, that cultivation, if he undertakes it at all, is a minor consideration with him.
1891. March 15 [Title]:
"The Pastoralists' Review," No. 1.
1892. `Scribner's Magazine,' Feb., p. 147:
"A combination has been formed by the squatters under the name of the Pastoralists' Union."
<hw>Patagorang</hw>, <i>n</i>. one of the aboriginal names for the <i>Kangaroo</i> (q.v.), and see <i>Paddy-melon</i>.
<hw>Pataka</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori word for storehouse, supported on a post to keep off rats. See <i>Whata</i>.