one of the vernacular namesused for the common Australian wild flower, Anguillaraaaustralis, R. Br., Wurmbsea dioica, F. v. M.,N.O. Liliaceae. The name Anguillarea is from theadministrator of the Botanic Gardens of Padua, three centuriesago. There are three Australian forms, distinguished by RobertBrown as species. The flower is very common in the meadows inearly spring, and is therefore called the Native SnowDrop. In Tasmania it is called Nancy.
1835. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' 67:
«Spotted Anguillaria. Nancy. The little lively white flowerwith blue spots in the centre, about 2 inches high, thateverywhere enlivens our grassy hills in spring, resembling theStar of Bethlehem.»
1878. W. R. Guilfoyle, `Australian Botany,' p. 83:
«Native Snowdrop. Anguillaria Australis. The earliestof all our indigenous spring-flowering plants. . . . In earlyspring our fields are white with the flowers of this prettylittle bulbous-rooted plant.»