A small berry or currant, called by the natives of Moorunde "eertapko," about the size of No.2.shot.When ripe it is red, and of an agreeable acid flavour.

It grows upon a low creeping tap-rooted plant, of a salsolaceous character, found in the alluvial flats of the Murray, among the polygonum brushes, and in many other places.

A single plant will spread over an area of many yards in diameter, covering the dry and arid ground with a close, soft, and velvety carpet in the heat of summer, at which time the fruit is in perfection.

To collect so small a berry with facility, and in abundance, the natives cut a rounded tray of thin bark, two or three feet long, and six or eight inches wide, over this they lift up the plant, upon which the fruit grows, and shake the berries into it.

When a sufficiency has been collected, the berries are skilfully tossed into the air, and separated from the leaves and dirt.