Pontefract cake map of the 1648 Siege of Pontefract (reproduced in Chartres) the liquorice is indicated as being grown in "garths" either side of Micklegate, the street which runs between Pontefract's Market Place and the castle. In the 18th century liquorice was used as a medicine both for humans and for horses. The Pontefract cake "was almost certainly a black cake, the portable lozenge used to make 'liquorish water', stamped with the castle lodge emblem of Pontefract to signify quality. This trade mark had been employed on Pontefract cakes since 1612, when the initials 'GS' were used, and are thought to be
Eremophila glabra subsp. albicans gave it the name "Stenochilus albicans" and published the description in "Plantae Preissianae". The type was collected by Bartling near Fremantle. It was reduced to a subspecies of "Eremophila glabra" by Robert Chinnock in 2007. "Eremophila glabra" subsp. "albicans" occurs in coastal areas between Bunbury and Shark Bay where it grows in sandy soil on sand dunes and limestone outcrops. Eremophila glabra subsp. albicans Eremophila glabra" subsp. "albicans is a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is similar to other shrubs in the species "Eremophila glabra" but it distinguished from them by its