scientific and vernacular name of agenus of Australian plants, certain species of which are notedfor their peculiar fragrance. The genus is especiallycharacteristic of West Australia, to which out of fifty-ninespecies thirty-three are confined, while only five are known inTasmania. Boronia belongs to the N.O. Rutaceae.
1835. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 72:
«Boronia variabilis. A beautiful little heath-likeplant growing about the Cascade and other hills round aboutHobart Town. . . . This genus is named after Borone, anItalian servant of the late Dr. Sibthorp, who perished atAthens. . . .Another species found in Van Diemen's Land is theLemon plant of the mountains.»
1896. `The Melburnian,' vol. xxii., No. 3, August 28, p. 53:
«Winter does not last for ever, and now at each street cornerthe scent of boronia and the odour of wattle-blossom greet usfrom baskets of the flower-girl.»