A berry about the size and shape of a large sloe, but with a smaller stone; conical in shape, and rounded at the large end.

This fruit is juicy and saline, though not disagreeable in taste.

There are several varieties of it, which when ripe are of a black, red, or yellow colour.
The black is the best.

The bush upon which it grows is a salsolaceous bramble [Note 72: Nitraria Australis], and is found in large quantities on the saline flats, bordering some parts of the Murrumbidgee and Murray rivers; and along the low parts of the southern coast, immediately behind the ridges bounding the sea shore.

It is a staple article of food in its season, among the natives of those districts where it abounds, and is eaten by them raw, stone and all.
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