1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Fish of New South Wales,' p. 35:
"<i>Arripis salar</i>, Gunth., is in the adult state the salmon of the Australian fishermen, and their salmon trout is the young. . . . The most common of all Victorian fishes . . . does not resemble the true salmon in any important respect . . . It is the <i>A. truttaceus</i> of Cuvier and Valenciennes."
<hw>Salmon-Trout</hw>, <i>n</i>. i.q. <i>Salmon</i> (q.v.).
<hw>Saloop-bush</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given to an erect soft-stemmed bush, <i>Rhagodia hastata</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Salsolaceae</i>, one of the Australian Redberries, two to three feet high. See <i>Redberry</i> and <i>Salt-bush</i>.
<hw>Salsolaceous</hw>, <i>adj</i>. belongs to the natural order <i>Salsolaceae</i>. The shrubs of the order are not peculiar to Australia, but are commoner there than elsewhere.
1837. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 906:
"Passing tufts of samphire and <i>salsolaceous</i> plants."
1859. H. Kingsley, `Geoffrey Hamlyn,' c. xlii. (`Century'):
"It is getting hopeless now . . . sand and nothing but sand. The salsolaceous plants, so long the only vegetation we have seen, are gone."
<hw>Salt-bush</hw>, <i>n</i>. and <i>adj</i>. the wild alkaline herb or shrub, growing on the interior plains of Australia, on which horses and sheep feed, of the <i>N.O. Salsolaceae</i>. The genera are <i>Atriplex, Kochia</i>, and <i>Rhagodia</i>. Of the large growth, <i>A. nummularium</i>, Lindl., and of the dwarf species, <i>A. vesicarium</i>, Heward, and <i>A. halimoides</i>, Lindl., are the commonest. Some species bear the additional names of <i>Cabbage Salt-bush</i>, <i>Old-Man Salt-bush</i>, <i>Small Salt-bush</i>, <i>Blue-bush</i>, <i>Cotton-bush</i>, <i>Saloop-bush</i>, etc. Some varieties are very rich in salt. <i>Rhagodia parabolica</i>, R. Br., for instance, according to Mr. Stephenson, who accompanied Sir T. Mitchell in one of his expeditions, yields as much as two ounces of salt by boiling two pounds of leaves.