Poplar-leaved Gum, n. See Bloodwood. 26: The bandicoot is the size of a large rat, of a dark browncolour; it feeds upon roots, and its flesh is good eating. A small Tasmanian tree; found on low marshy groundused for turners' work.
argenticeps, Gould. -- Dacrydium colensoi, Hook. A nativename. David Mackenzie, `Ten Years in Australia,' p.