Austral English / A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

by Edward Ellis Morris

<i>Melaleuca decussata</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Myrtaceae</i>.

<i>Melaleuca genistifolia</i>, Smith, <i>N.O. Myrtaceae</i>, which is called <i>Ridge Myrtle</i>, and in Queensland <i>Ironwood</i>.

<i>Myoporum serratum</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Myoporineae</i>, which is called <i>Native Myrtle</i>; and also called <i>Blue-berry Tree</i>, <i>Native Currant</i>, <i>Native Juniper</i>, <i>Cockatoo-Bush</i>, and by the aborigines <i>Palberry</i>.

<i>Myrtus acmenioides</i>, F. v. M., <i>N.O. Myrtaceae</i>, which is the <i>White Myrtle</i> of the Richmond and Clarence Rivers (New South Wales), and is also called <i>Lignum-vitae</i>.

<i>Rhodamnia argentea</i>, Benth., <i>N.O. Myrtaceae</i>, called <i>White Myrtle</i>, the <i>Muggle-muggle</i> of the aboriginals of Northern New South Wales.

<i>Syncarpia leptopetala</i>, F. v. M., <i>N.O. Myrtaceae</i>, which is called <i>Myrtle</i> and also <i>Brush-Turpentine</i>.

<i>Tristania neriifolia</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Myrtaceae</i>, called <i>Water Myrtle</i>, and also <i>Water Gum</i>.

<i>Trochocarpa laurina</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Epacrideae</i>, called <i>Brush-Myrtle</i>, <i>Beech</i> and <i>Brush Cherry</i>.

In Tasmania, all the <i>Beeches</i> are called Myrtles, and there are extensive forests of the Beech <i>Fagus cunninghamii</i>, Hook., which is invariably called "Myrtle" by the colonists of Tasmania.

1875. T. Laslett, `Timber and Timber Trees,' p. 206: