honey-flower

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


Lambertia formosa, Smith, N.O. Proteaceae.

1802. G. Barrington, `History of New South Wales,' c. iv.p. 101:

«They . . . returned . . . dreadfully exhausted, havingexisted chiefly by sucking the wild honey-flower and shrubs.»

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 37:

«`Honey-flower' or `honeysuckle,' a plant as well known tosmall boys about Sydney as to birds and insects. It obtainsits vernacular name on account of the large quantity of a clearhoney-like liquid the flowers contain. After sucking somequantity the liquid generally produces nausea and headache.»

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