Desert She-Oak—
<i>Casuarina glauca</i>, Sieb.
Drooping S.-O.—
<i>C. quadrivalvis</i>, Labill.
Shrubby S.-O.—
<i>C. distyla</i>, Vent.
Straight S.-O.—
<i>C. suberosa</i>, Otto.
1770. Captain Cook, `Journal,' Sunday, May 6 (edition Wharton, 1893, pp. 247, 248):
"The great quantity of plants Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander found in this place occasioned my giving it the name of Botany Bay. . . . Although wood is here in great plenty, yet there is very little Variety; . . . Another sort that grows tall and Strait something like Pines—the wood of this is hard and Ponderous, and something of the Nature of America live Oak."
1770. R. Pickersgill, `Journal on the Endeavour' (in `Historical Records of New South Wales'), p. 215:
"May 5, 1770.—We saw a wood which has a grain like Oak, and would be very durable if used for building; the leaves are like a pine leaf."
1802. Jas. Flemming, `Journal of Explorations of Charles Grimes,' in `Historical Records of Port Phillip' (edition 1879, J. J. Shillinglaw), p. 22:
"The land is a light, black-sand pasture, thin of timber, consisting of gum, oak, Banksia, and thorn."