a plant. The name used by thenatives in Southern Australia for Microseris forsteri,Hook., N.O. Compositae.
1878. R. Brough Smyth, `Aborigines of Victoria,' p. 209:
«Murr-nong, or `Mirr-n'yong', a kind of yam ( MicroserisForsteri) was usually very plentiful, and easily found inthe spring and early summer, and was dug out of the earth bythe women and children.»
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 45:
«Murr-nong, or `Mirr n'yong' of the aboriginals of New SouthWales and Victoria. The tubers were largely used as food bythe aboriginals. They are sweet and milky, and in flavourresemble the cocoa-nut.»