Sentence:  There are  many legends concerning the <WSD>waratah</WSD>--Australia's most glorious flower and all her own, for it does not occur in any other part of the world, while its supposed rival, the wattle, is as common in all parts of the Southern Hemisphere as it is in Australia. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Any of several species of plants in the genus (noshow=1), native to southeastern Australia.