-- Turnix castanotus, Gould. ]
The word has been explained as of convict origin,that the rags were used to soothe the galling of fetters; See Humpy and Gibber. Maiden, `useful Native Plants,' p. 67: The Spaniard (spear-grass or bayonet-grass) `piked us intilthe bane,' and I assure you we were hard set to make anyheadway at all.
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