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

Erect S.-O.—
<i>C. suberosa</i>, Otto and Diet.

River S.-O.—
<i> C. glauca</i>, Sieb.

Scrub S.-O.—
<i>C. cunninghamii</i>, Miq.

Stunted S.-O.—
<i>C. distyla</i>, Vent.

Shingle-O.—
<i>Casuarina stricta</i>, Ait.;
<i>C. suberosa</i>, Otto and Diet.

Silky-O.— <i>Stenocarpus salignus</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Proteaceae</i>; called also <i>Silvery-Oak</i>. See also <i>Grevillea</i> and <i>Silky-Oak</i>.

Swamp-O.—
<i>Casuarina equisetifolia</i>, Forst.;
<i>C. glauca</i>, Sieb.;
<i>C. suberosa</i>, Otto and Diet.;
<i>C. stricta</i>, Ait.; called also <i>Saltwater Swamp-Oak</i>.

White-O.—
<i>Lagunaria patersoni</i>, G. Don., <i>N.O. Malvaceae</i>.

<i>Botany-Bay Oak</i>, or <i>Botany-Oak</i>, is the name given in the timber trade to the <i>Casuarina</i> .

The `Melbourne Museum Catalogue of Economic Woods' (1894) classes the <i>She-Oak</i> in four divisions—