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Carrot, Native, (1) Daucus brachiatus, Sieb. Jeffreys, `Delineations of Van Dieman'sLand' [sic], p. Townsend, `Rambles in New South Wales,' p. Governor Macquarie, `Government Notice,' June 30, 1821,in E.

Captain Cook got it from the Endeavor River blacks,who pronounce it to-day exactly as it is spelled in the greatnavigator's journal, but they use it now only for the big toe. These roots areroasted and eaten by the aborigines; in taste they resemblebeet-root, and are sometimes called in the colony nativepotatoes. In Melbourne it goes bythe name of the Yarra herring. Epacrideae.