<i>Cryptocarya glaucescens</i>, R. Br., <i>N.0. Lauraceae</i>; the <i>Sassafras</i> of the early days of New South Wales, and now called <i>Black Sassafras</i>.
<i>Daphnandra micrantha</i>, Benth., <i>N.0. Monimiaceae</i>, called also <i>Satinwood</i>, and <i>Light Yellow-wood</i>.
<i>Doryphora sassafras</i>, Endl., <i>N.0. Monimiaceae</i>.
Grey Sassafras is the <i>Moreton-Bay Laurel</i>.
See <i>Laurel</i>.
The New Zealand Sassafras is <i>Laurelia novae-zelandiae</i>.
1834. Ross, `Van Diemen's Land Annual,' p. 134:
"The leaves of these have been used as substitutes for tea in the colony, as have also the leaves and bark of <i>Cryptocarya glaucescens</i>, the Australian sassafras."
1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. ii. p. 166:
"The beautiful Tasmanian sassafras-tree is also a dweller in some parts of our fern-tree valleys. . . . The flowers are white and fragrant, the leaves large and bright green, and the bark has a most aromatic scent, besides being, in a decoction, an excellent tonic medicine. . . . The sawyers and other bushmen familiar with the tree call it indiscriminately `saucifax,' `sarserfrax,' and `satisfaction.'"
1875. T. Laslett, `Timber and Timber Trees,' p. 206: